Semana Santa hair

It's Dominican tradition on the north shore to get your hair braided during Semana Santa (Holy Week, the week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. It's their Spring Break). Our kids are no exception. Here are some of them:


Escarlet came back with normal hair. Isn't she cute?


Franchesca also has normal hair


Marta's hair is still growing out and so, though this is a wee bit strange, it's better than when her head was shaved. She's so cute, that Saco de Papas!


Marleini had almost normal hair, except the braids on just one side of her head. You'll see all the beads...typical Semana Santa


Wildania got some fake hair put in. She generally has this, though, so it's nothing shocking. Though the beads are a new addition.



And here's Rebecca. She has kind of a mullet-braid thing going on. They only added hair to the bottom part of her head.




And then you get the really crazy (I call nasty) braids. This is Marileidi. They put red and yellow hair into her normaly dark brown hair. Ewww! But she was loving it and gave a few sassy posses to us.


I mean, come on, that's not cute!