Fiestas!

Venezuelans love to celebrate and they love to dance! Therefore, once or twice a month we have a huge fiesta (party). We usually hold them on the patio of our office.

Sometimes the fiestas are in celebrations of some event, like a birthday or Christmas. Other times they are merely a reason to celebrate and have fun in themselves.

A Vida Estudiantil fiesta generally consists of:
-an hour or two of people hanging-out and talking as guests trickle in (if the party starts at 6, the majority wont arrive until 8 or so!... welcome to Venezuela!)
-an hour or so of dancing: mostly Salsa and Merengue with an occasional Brittany Spears or Fergie song thrown in to mix things up
-After that someone gives their testimony or some sort of talk about God. They also explain who we are and what Christianity is all about.
-Then of course, MORE DANCING! Until the neighbors start asking us to turn down the music.
-We also sometimes have a dance contest or place some games.
-Sometimes the parties are costume parties or have some sort of a theme.