By: Toribio Azuaje
Uniformity is death; Diversity is life.
Mikhail Bakunin
March 19 is Saint Joseph’s Day, by the way, in these days there were three moments, three characters that I ran into that illustrated the world to me in a different way. That helped me to show the way people interpret life and take care of their affairs according to their worldview. That’s cool, Dad would say. The best popular expression to describe it, without a doubt, is, “Everything is according to the color of the glass through which you look.”
When I met Luis, he told me, I am ready to attend, like every year, the emblematic Elorza festivities in the Apure State, which take place every March 19. These festivals are a waterfall of joy, folklore and street spectacle.
Pedro, for his part, was coming down from the El Nuezal mountain – just on the 19th – when we greeted him we began a brief but enriching conversation. Every March 19, he told me, “La Coa de San José” is shown, it is a sign of rain that is present in the environment to announce and call for planting; He continued explaining to me, a handmade tool used for planting is called a coa, it is a kind of barretón or chícora, which is usually made of wood, it is nothing more than a stick with a sharp tip that is used to open the hole where the seed is placed. , usually corn, bean, bean or pigeon pea seed. So when we refer to “La Coa de San José”, it is a call to sow, it is a moment in which providence issues its announcement alerting us that sowing times are approaching.
Later Aida approached me, who told me, tomorrow is March 19, there are only two days left to start registering candidates for the CNE.
There are three worldviews, three ways of seeing the same day with different connotations. Depending on the occupations, interests or concerns, so will the behavior of people. Everyone goes about their business, parties, planting or elections. Life is like that, dynamic, multifaceted, each person looks at the matter according to their needs. Each one in his own chores, each one doing what his interests or motivations demand.
Meanwhile, the world spins and makes us have to move at its own pace, what is painful is seeing those who do it in the wrong way and are paying a promise with someone else’s scapular or doing someone else’s errand.
