As I was sorting through my pictures on my new computer, I ran across this old photo of me from back in my teaching days. I don't think that I have ever posted it on the blog before. (If I have, excuse the repetition.)
A number of times on my travels, I purchased traditional attire from the countries that I visited. I had a complete "gaucho" outfit from Argentina, Mayan clothing from San Cristobal de las Casa in Chiapas, Mexico, and this native Andean outfit from my trip to Peru. When we studied one of those countries in my advanced Spanish classes, I would get dressed up in the appropriate attire.
My Peruvian duds included a pair of scratchy wool pants and shirt, an alpaca poncho, and two traditional hats, one worn on top of the other. I even had an Andean panpipe. In between classes I would stand in the hall by my door. I don't know how to play the panpipe, but I would be tooting away on it. The passing students would look at me in disbelief. My students would come into class chuckling and probably thinking, "Crazy 'señor' is at it again!"
Those were the days, back when teaching was actually fun!
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