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 One of the many extraordinary days that I lived before the quarantine (I'm sorry to leave so many moments and people out) was for the commemoration of this year's Women's Day (8M). I spent it in San Felipe with my friends Victoria and Antonia, and we got together in the afternoon to go marching in this city's square. I remember that first, we went to take ice cream to the "Heladería Olguín" that makes some delicious handmade ice creams, then we went to the Alameda that was the meeting point and we saw many women organized dances, songs, and artistic manifestations that left us stunned, I loved to realize how much talent is present in my city, one of my favourites was a dance that they did with a song by Ana Tijoux (that is one of my favourite Chilean artists) called "Antipatriarca". Later, about 7 pm, when it was less hot, we walked along the four Alamedas that circle the city centre and then arrived at the square. It was very nice to see so many women singing beautiful songs, all in the same tune. We arrived at the square when it was already dark and there we recreated the burning of dolls that their names were: machismo, misogyny, violence, those are some of the ones I remember, and then laurel leaves were burned leaving a wonderful aroma, alluding to ancestral rites. Sadly, after that, we were thrown teargas to disperse from the square and walked for a while until we managed to catch a bus. We arrived at my friend Antonia's house and her mother had many things ready for us to eat fajitas. It was a full day.

Unfortunately, the reasons why I chose this day are sad, as new femicide is added to the long list of women murdered this year, that of a sanfelipeña teacher by her ex-partner. I hope that one day there will be justice for all of them.

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