Sunday 17 February 2008
A Mennonite cemetery - considerably different from the other South American cemeteries we've seen so far! I guess they just don't go in for anything quite so showy . . .
Ryan and I attended mass this morning before heading out of town. It was hot (this town is the hottest we've experienced on this trip so far - broiling), crowded, long, and in Low German. Yet despite all this, it was really neat to see. Especially from the point of view of someone who grew up Catholic - this was a whole different kind of mass. A little singing, the preacher talked for an hour, and then a little more singing. And that's about it. Yep, a simple life for the Mennonites.
A Mennonite cemetery - considerably different from the other South American cemeteries we've seen so far! I guess they just don't go in for anything quite so showy . . .
Ryan and I attended mass this morning before heading out of town. It was hot (this town is the hottest we've experienced on this trip so far - broiling), crowded, long, and in Low German. Yet despite all this, it was really neat to see. Especially from the point of view of someone who grew up Catholic - this was a whole different kind of mass. A little singing, the preacher talked for an hour, and then a little more singing. And that's about it. Yep, a simple life for the Mennonites.
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