View Full Version : What's a Salvadoran braid?
Pierre
November 1st, 2008, 07:08 PM
In a few weeks the church is going to present the nations we come from. Today they announced that the Salvadorans would have a meeting in a certain room. My mother having grown up there, I went. The lady told us to wear blue and white (colors of the flag, I don't have clothes like that) and bring our machetes (which I don't have either) and those who have long hair to braid it. (She had a sort of double bun, which I didn't get a good look at.) I know the Dutch braid and the French braid and the English braid, and I've even made a Belgian braid, but what's a Salvadoran braid?
Tangles
November 1st, 2008, 07:36 PM
I don't know, but how nice to think there must be dozens of other kinds of braids yet undocumented here :)
Phalaenopsis
November 4th, 2008, 01:28 PM
a Belgian braid? How does that look?
I'm from Belgium and I've never heard of it.
blue_nant
November 4th, 2008, 06:30 PM
You're going to have to ask them! And borrow a machete.
Magdalene
November 4th, 2008, 07:00 PM
A machete? Wow.
Pierre
November 4th, 2008, 07:06 PM
A Belgian braid is a French braid that turns Dutch or vice versa. My first attempt at a Dutch braid, I flipped my hands partway through and messed it up.
carloota
November 4th, 2008, 07:12 PM
My family is from El Salvador. I've never heard of a "salvadoran braid". I think it's just a simple 3 strand braid on a salvadorena. According to my grandmother, some women make a 4 strand braid.
Phalaenopsis
November 5th, 2008, 12:17 AM
A Belgian braid is a French braid that turns Dutch or vice versa. My first attempt at a Dutch braid, I flipped my hands partway through and messed it up.
Haha, that makes sense. :) Since Belgium lies between France and The Netherlands.
longhairedfairy
November 5th, 2008, 01:44 AM
A Belgian braid is a French braid that turns Dutch or vice versa. My first attempt at a Dutch braid, I flipped my hands partway through and messed it up.
Seriously? I'd like to see that.
nayver
November 5th, 2008, 01:57 AM
Have you seen pictures on internet? Look at this lovely little girl. I think she wears two English braid with laces.
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7509/niaqh6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/niaqh6.jpg/1/w346.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img219/niaqh6.jpg/1/)
longhairedfairy
November 5th, 2008, 06:42 AM
Oh, how cute!
mellie
November 5th, 2008, 06:15 PM
That is totally cute!! I want to dress that way!! :-)
carloota
November 5th, 2008, 07:53 PM
From my understanding there are still communities, in the more rural areas, that are descended from the Mayan indian tribe and still maintain the culture. The picture that nayver posted is more than likely an image of a young girl in the "typical" dress and hairstyle. In the more urban areas, one would not see many people dressed in such a fashion. IMHO the vibrant colors and what the attire represent are quite lovely.
Pierre
November 22nd, 2008, 10:30 PM
I went to church with my hair loose in a Polar Buff, which is how I usually wear it on cold days like this, then bunned it for the service. On the way to the bakery (the guy I rode with went there to pick up a cake) I made two Dutch braids and secured them with the Mini Maxes. I still have them, though even with the Buff on, it doesn't keep me as warm as loose does.
The gal who told us to braid came with a half-up. A girl had French braids with braid extensions with ribbons in them, and someone asked me why I didn't put ribbons in my braid. I answered that I don't have any. Someone else had hers down.
She handed me a paper with a few facts about languages in El Salvador. I read it from memory when I got up and added a few more (Pipil is the source of the accent in which final "n" sounds like "ng"). I brought a marañón smoothie and stood behind the table ladling out dollops of it to anyone who wanted, so I didn't get to try the various foods of different countries. My neighbor at the table gave me a few bowls of a sort of cole slaw with red sauce.
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