Happy Birthday to Me! Yesterday was my 29th birthday! I had a wonderful day and wanted to share my photos of the day. The celebration started Friday night with a Illapu concert at the Teatro Municipalidad de Valparaiso. They use A LOT of instruments, guitar, bass, drums, various bongos, etc., flutes, traditional indian wind instruments. It's incredible the variety and expertise they each have. And what was really impressive is the fan base. They LOVE Illapu. Everyone was dancing and singing along. Such a great, cultural experience for me. And Carlos had a wonderful time too! ( I think he might have enjoyed my birthday present more than me. haha) This is some information about them that I got off of Wikipedia: prounounced ee-YAH-poo. The name comes from 'quechua' (an Andean language spoken in South America)
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