In Cartagena, Colombia, people do dress. Tourists have their shorts and flip-flops, and many locals wear longer clothes. However, sometimes, things happen. Things get out of control.
Two months ago, a strange story hit Cartagena: an allegedly drunken tourist stands naked on Fat Gertrudis. The sculptor likes fat stuff.
And tonight, December 4th 2017, in Plaza Trinidad, one of the coolest place of Getsemani in the evening where music and fun happens every night, I witnessed a strange scene. This dude runs naked, strolling around, pushing the policemen who try to stop him.
The people around laugh at this ridiculous scene, made even more laughable by how the policemen do not really try to block him, until they raise their truncheons and strike him to the floor. A big circle forms around the policemen and naked-guy. Not sure what happens, but some people yell.
At some point, it seems a short fight starts between a policeman and a witness, maybe because they took his phone. The crowd shifts to this new fight, leaving the guy alone for a few seconds with two policemen.
And finally, within five minutes, things are back to normal.
It seems Cartagena has a nudity issue. As would Fernando Botero say:
