Canasta - Truly a Cultural Experience ;)

After learning to play canasta with a group of expat ladies, I started noticing that there are people playing canasta everywhere in Rio.  On the streets, it is not unusual to spot tables of four playing the game, or alternately, dominoes.

I then learned that Canasta does in fact have South American roots - it was invented in Uruguay. So now I feel like we're being "all cultural" when we attend... haha.

Canadoca has sort of become an unofficial Canasta Mascot (or Canascot...) for our group.

To read more about the history of Canasta, click here.

Comments

[Tania]

thought you might like this article:
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/lessons-from-a-pregnant-fighter-pilot/

[Camila]

It's canastRa. Canastra. Or simply "buraco" depending on the region.

[Daily Rio Life]

Both very interesting!