Tierra Santa

Tierra Santa is a park in Buenos Aires, intended to be bring the holly land to Argentina, including Arabic costumes, building architecture, miniatures of the holly sites etc. It sounded like a cheap commercial stunt in the beginning, but they went to great length to make the place authentic, when we entered the synagogue we had to put a kipa on our heads, and when we entered the mosque we had to take off our shoes. There was also a live Arabic music performance with a belly dancer, she was really good, better than some belly dancing shows you would see in the middle east. Also the place featured restaurants with Arabic food, serving Shwarma, Falafel, Kabab, Humus, Tabole, Labane, Baba Janush and more, the meat was really good, as you would expect from Argentinean beef, and all the dishes were very tasty. I went there with Billy (Florida) and Mayra (Mexico), we had no idea what to expect before going there, which made it an even more pleasant experience, as we were surpriesed for the better, especially with the musical show and the food.