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Monday, April 16, 2012

The anomaly that is a Costeño man

The machista culture is alive and well on the coast of Colombia and thus often men can be described as, for lack of a better world, well.......macho.  However, this costeño man who is very concerned about keeping his manly man status partakes in a few practices that would not be considered, by many, to be quite so macho back in the US.  For example, it is common to see men with shaven armpits, manicured nails, waxed/shaped eyebrows, and really tight, SMEDIUM, pink bedazzled shirts, just to name a few.  This makes the Costeño man an interesting man.  
-Obviously these are just my observations and the above does not apply to everyone.
POSH Corps update:  As I am writing this blog the Padre is having Direct TV installed
That is all for now.

9 comments:

  1. you need to learn more about costeños there are a lot of people who live in the caribbean coast and they look really different!

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    1. I ended the post by saying, "Obviously these are just my observations and the above does NOT apply to everyone."

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  2. Sounds interesting. I love reading about your observations and can't wait to experinece the culture for myslef soon! Direct TV? Are you sure you're in the Peace Corps?! Sign me up.

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