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Moving House

Friday dawned with showers and a grey overcast sky. A poor day for bushwalks but a good day for visiting towns.  So we took a scenic 30km detour off the Carretera Austral to visit Puerto Cisnes or "Port Swans" in Spanish ("The town of detested footy teams" in Australian).

Our choice was however inspired as it corresponded with the local house moving festival.  As best we could understand, once a year the townfolk band together to build a house on the outskirts of town for a needy family.  After singing, eating and dancing, everyone joins together to tow the house into the harbour where it's floated around the point to it's resting place in town.  Sadly we didn't stay long enough for the big move but we did see the house being set up for it's journey.

Note the kids get their own house to move - I guess this becomes the doghouse when in situ

We did watch some of the dancing and singing.  We also brought some nice woollen handicrafts and ate Empanadas, Ceviche and Churros.  A good way to spend a rainy day.




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