It´s showtime! Rafain Churrascaria Show
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
After braving a walk to the local supermarket in Foz do Iguaçu to pick up some water, we jumped on the bus with our fearless tour guide Julio and our informative local operator Antonio to go to see a show and get some buffet dinner (just in case we haven´t been putting on enough weight already!). It was the Rafain Churrascaria Show and was actually pretty good value, although the amount of corn was very high. It was a bit cheesy too but that seems to be the norm over here =) hehe.
The cultural show featured dancing from all over South America and started with Paraguay (did I mention that we got to see Paraguay a couple of days earlier while our bus was stopped on a bridge half way in Argentina and half way in Brazil?) and moved on to Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and others. When the tango came on I was very aware of pretty much everyone looking at Kellie and I at one point or another to see our reactions. The tango was ok, but seemed like a rehearsed performance by people who hadn´t necessarily learned the dance (the dancers performed in most of the different dances) and seemed a little forceful at times. The highlights of the night were the Capoeira, and Samba but there was one with a woman dancing with Bolas or Boleadoras which was amazing... very percussive and my favourite.
The food was great and there was a grill with lots of different meats and some strange and surprising mixtures at the salad bar.
Posted byAndrew at 12:49 am