Yes, the caba?uelas, the Dominican folklore tradition that the first days of January will determine if the year is macho or hembra (male or female). Female years have plenty of rain and for a country that runs off of its agricultural production, this is important.
A friend of mine called to give me the technical name for the ?caro de vaneamiento del arroz" or the mite that attacks rice husks and produces empty rice husks. It is steneotarsonemus spinki, also known as the "panicle mite."
Anyway, during our conversation he mentioned that the rains had stopped in the afternoon down the Northwest Line and that perhaps the rains were over, althought he said that "Tomorrow is May (the fifth month), and we have to see about the caba?uelas!" All this means is that if it rains here tomorrow, we will have at least the first five months with plenty of rain. Good for farmers, bad for "Snow birds" looking to get all sun burned...
We'll see how it goes, I guess.
HB
A friend of mine called to give me the technical name for the ?caro de vaneamiento del arroz" or the mite that attacks rice husks and produces empty rice husks. It is steneotarsonemus spinki, also known as the "panicle mite."
Anyway, during our conversation he mentioned that the rains had stopped in the afternoon down the Northwest Line and that perhaps the rains were over, althought he said that "Tomorrow is May (the fifth month), and we have to see about the caba?uelas!" All this means is that if it rains here tomorrow, we will have at least the first five months with plenty of rain. Good for farmers, bad for "Snow birds" looking to get all sun burned...
We'll see how it goes, I guess.
HB