On that main central plaza there were dozens of musicians. I speculate that Guanajuato has got to have one of the highest stringed instrument to inhabitant ratios of any city in the world. We took a tour with these guys one night that started on the plaza and wandered through the tiny alleyways as they sang and played their instruments. One of them carried a string bass (no kidding- a full sided string bass) and played and sang at the same time. Whenever we got to a place where there was enough room for it, we would stop and they played a few songs and told jokes. It was really amazing.
On the plaza itself there were always people playing and trying to make some money. This guy had clearly been doing this for a long time, as his voice was starting to give out from years of singing all day every day. It was sad, but the music was very pretty. Also, he has one of the most awesome mustaches I have ever seen. Step aside, Jason Lee.
These guys were just sitting around waiting for somebody to ask them to play. There were about six more members of the band wandering around to the benches and tables asking people if they were interested. Most people weren't that day, but the band wasn't taking it too hard. They seemed to enjoy siting on the plaza as much as we did. Adolfo (on the far right) rivals the guy in the picture above this one for worlds best mustache.
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In Spanish, what would you call people who are prejudiced against moustaches? Bigotes?
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