Challu - Rios fragment for Ep 5

The speaker talks about their grandparents' belief that eclipses were a bad omen and a punishment. They share their curiosity and fear about experiencing an eclipse in 1991. They stayed indoors during the two minutes of darkness, afraid of the unknown and the possibility of demons. They observed that the stars appeared normal and birds and chickens sought refuge in trees. They couldn't look directly at the sun but watched the eclipse on television. Well, at the beginning, following our ancestral tradition, our grandparents used to tell us that the eclipses were a bad omen. They believed it was a punishment from our father, you know? Yeah. So they said that on that day, or at that moment, we had to be cautious, they said. They said that when it gets dark during the day, the stones turn into snakes, or the shoes you have can harm you because they transform into some kind of animal. That's what they used to tell us, you know? So practically, I haven't experienced any eclipse throughout my entire life, from the day I was born until that day in 1991. So I had a little fear and curiosity at the same time, you know? I wanted to see what would happen. Yeah, the experience in some ways was exciting. So well, it took like two minutes, I think, of total darkness. Because of that, we stayed inside our house. We were a bit afraid to be outside, you know? Well, yeah, maybe a fear of the unknown, you know? And I thought, what if a demon really comes out and catches us? So we were, well, you could say taking shelter in the house, right, with our family, talking quietly, saying, how does it look? How do you feel? We were chatting with the family who were there, which was my family mainly. And that was the experience I had. And well, yeah, we saw that the stars, the stars, you know, look normal as if it were nighttime, right? And the birds and chickens, they all went up to the trees for refuge as if it were nighttime, you know? Well, as I mentioned, we weren't allowed to look directly, because they told us that it was not recommended to look directly at the sun. The only thing we did was watch it on television, because they were broadcasting it, you know? The only thing we did was watch it on television, because they were broadcasting it, you know? Well, as I mentioned, we weren't allowed to look directly, because they told us that it was not recommended to look directly at the sun. The only thing we did was watch it on television, because they were broadcasting it, you know?