Chi Chis and Bon Bini Festival

Every Tuesday evening, there's a Bon Bini (Welcome) Festival at the Fort Zoutman in Oranjestad. Since we are going to be in Aruba only on one Tuesday, we decided it's something we shouldn't miss.
It was somewhat small gathering of locals and tourists, where locals brought their traditional food and dances, and tourists brought their money and cameras. We enjoyed several different, colorful Arubian dances, waltzes, where women were wearing long, wavy dresses, and danced their choreography kind of slowly. Sometimes, their were holding flowers above their heads while dancing, sometimes their were holding some kind of treads, ribbons, while making a brade and dancing. Very folkloric. There was also a band called Los Amigos, consisted of only men, that was favorite of M's. They played their own version of Arubian music. They were pretty good.
We enjoyed not only the perfomance while feeling good about ourselves for absorbing a part of Arubian culture, but also the local tasty fried fish and fish balls, for much better prices than in restaurants. Locals were also selling desserts and crafts around the watching crowd of mostly tourists.
Back in Eagle Beach, we enjoyed beautiful, clean, green Caribbean waters with frozen coctails on the side. Chi Chi is the best one I've ever had, and I consider myself a bit of an expert. This is my third trip to the Caribbean, and on each one I've consumed at least couple of these tropical drinks a day. They're just too good to pass, and only as good here. We also had Mango's, Strawberry Shortcake, Aruba Arriba, which is their most famous coctail, but not frozen, and Bay Breeze. They are all yummy but inferiour to Chi Chi. I'm not sure what's exactly in it, but I know it's Pinacolada base and Apricot Liquior. And I bit of Vodka I believe. It goes down really smoothly when you're watching the waves after you've swam, and while it's the happy hour on the beach bar-our loving "two for one."