BIG BESO – MEXICO CITY BREAKS KISSING RECORD: VALENTINS DAY 2009
I went to the Zocalo on Saturday, Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2009, to see the BIG BESO: México City folks getting together to set a new worlds record for a mass super kiss. The big beso was to start at 3:00 PM but it was delayed for hours while organizers waited for more folks.
So while I waited I walked around to see a Valentines art show, information booths that promoted non violent relationships – good to see macho men getting educated that one does not have to be abusive to be in a relationship. Lots of teenage kids willing to give out free besos (kisses) and abrazos (hugs). There were people all ages of people in the crowd, some skinny and some big, tall, short, etc. Some people even brought their pets to kiss. One single guy even had a plastic blow up doll, his date. Though I have never been in one of those adult shops, I think it was like one of those plastic dolls lonely people buy. Oh yes, there were also performers that entertained the crowds for donations. The crowd was most entertaining.
The organizers did not get their crowd of almost 40,000 kissers until past night fall, when Mexico’s ranchera star Vicente Fernandez was to perform. But by then I was too tired and sunburned to have stayed. Why I go to events in México on time I will never know – they hardly if ever get started on time, but it does happen.
