No feast would be complete without a feast, and we had one! After mass all of the Dominicans and Franciscans were invited to the back cloister for a banquet. Tables were set up under the closter porticos and a disc jockey played music. Half of the music was traditional Andean music with drums, Andean mandolins and sampoñas (Andean pan pipes) and the other half was songs about Dominic and Dominicans. (I didn't know that there were so many)
The cloister was lit up with temporary lights powered by a generator truck out in the street adding to the festive mood.
To feed the teeming throng, the regular cooks here were helped by other friends of the community such as the secretary at Casa Hogar de Martin de Porres. At the right is ... who was in her glory. She is always working and always has a smile on her face and a friendly greeting.