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The barber of Collado!
✂️No, this is not the title of a movie or a soap opera although it sounds a bit like "the barber of Seville" This is just a brief review of a visit to what could be called my "head barber" although we know that such an appointment does not exist at the social level.
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According to what I have read in sources that I do not remember, in the past, the neighborhood barber was a very important person. And not only because he exercised that office, but also because he took care of other matters such as acting as surgeon and dentist.
✂️This is perhaps the most direct and ancient antecedent of the multi-office.
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✂️In addition, this figure tended to be a very enlightened person with a reputation for being very well informed.
✂️ Because people of different social strata, of different cultural and educational levels, and of all known professions, came and come to his chair of peeling.
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✂️The barber (the) in all times has also had a disguised reputation of gossip, because around him proliferate whispers, rumors and certainty of the intimate and public happenings of the neighborhoods. .
✂️Of all these questions I remembered when with the purpose of improving a little the personal aesthetics, I went to "Collado's barber", nickname with which I identify P@edro, the architect of the scissors, with whom a couple of times a month I carry out this activity.
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The name Collado comes from the fact that this small barber shop is located in a part of what used to be a prosperous business a few decades ago.
✂️Almost all the businesses in town were located on this sidewalk, which is shaded all day long and the sidewalk runs from end to end, but now all the tenants and private businesses have put up railings and fences as separators and the wide, shady gate no longer protects the sidewalk from the sun and rain.
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✂️Until recently, Pedro (Chicha) his first name, was not dedicated full time to the work of barber, as he was a professional in another branch of work, but for reasons that are not of interest here, he became unemployed, and took the trade of "figaro" as his main option to survive.
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✂️When I arrived, he was busy giving the final touches to a young man's modern haircut, so remembering my work at Hive I started to take pictures while he was working, while he was chatting animatedly with his client (typical of barbers).
✂️I also began to join in the conversation, which had no fixed point, and which varied depending on whether someone came in to book an appointment or to do something else.
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✂️ The "Collado" barber is an expert in traditional cuts as well as in the latest fashion trends, with modern and complex designs. But I remember that at the beginning it was difficult for him to find clients, despite being in a central and privileged location, and he spent the days sitting in his chair waiting for someone randomly to appear.
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✂️Now it is my turn in the chair, and I take the place of customer, and as the barber is within the kin of my wife, the dialogue was not made to wait and more than one had to call for patience to make him more pleasant waiting until I consumed my turn.
✂️Thank you for accompanying me until the last scissors.
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El barbero de Collado!
No, Este no es el titulo de una pelicula ni de una telenovela aunque si suene un poco a aquello de " el barbero de Sevilla"!Esto es solo una breve reseña de una visita a lo que pudiera nombrarse, mi " barbero de cabecera " aunque ya sabemos que tal nombramiento no existe a nivel social.
Segun he leído en fuentes que no recuerdo, antiguamente, el barbero del barrio era una persona muy importante. Y no solo porque ejercia ese oficio, si no porque se ocupaba de otras cuestiones como la de fungir como cirujano y dentista.
Ese es quizás el antecedente mas directo y antiguo del multi oficio .
Además , esta figura tiendia a ser una persona muy ilustrada y con fama de estar muy bien informada.
Pue s a su sillon de pelar acudian, y acuden, personas de las diferentes capas sociales. de niveles culturales y educacionales diferentes, y de todas las profesiones conocidas.
El barbero( los) en todos los tiempos tambien ha tenido una disimulada fama de chismoso, pues a su alrededor proliferan los susurros , rumores y certeza del acontecer intimo y público de los barrios. .
De todas estas cuestiones me acorde cuando con el proposito de mejorar un poco la estetica. personal, acudi a " el barbero de Collado", mote con que identifico a Pedro, el artífice de las tijeras, con quien un par de veces al mes realizo esta actividad.
Lo de Collado viene, porque esta pequeña barberia esta ubicada en una parte de lo que fuera un negocio prospero hace unos decenios atras.
Casi todos los negocios del pueblo estaban ubicados en esta acera que se pasa yodo el dia sombreada y el.portsbera cor rido de extremo a extremo, pero ahora todos los inquilinos y comercios particulares pusieron barandas y rejas como separadores y el amplio y dombreado portal ya no guarece sl caminsnte del sol y la lluvia
Hasta Hace poco, Pedro ( Chicha) su nombre de pila, no se dedicaba a tiempo completo a la labor de barbero, pues era profesional en otra ramá del trabajo, pero por cuestiones que no son de interes aqui, paso a desocupado, y y tomo el oficio de ,"figaro" como su opción principal para subsistir.
Cuan llegué al recinto , él estaba ocupado dandole los toques finales al pelado moderno de un joven, por lo que acordándome de mi quehacer en Hive comence a tomas fotografias mientras desarrollaba su labor, a la par de que conversaba animadamente con su cliente ( tipico de los barberos)
Yo tambien me fui introduciendo en la charla que no tenia un punto fijo, y que tomaba variaciones,v segun que alguien entrase a reservar turno o a cualquiera otra gestion.
Ya el barbero de "Collado "es todo un experto tanto en los cortes tradicionales como en los ultimos gritos de la moda, con diseños modernos y complejos. Pero recuerdo que al principio le costaba _ a pesar de estar en un lugar céntrico y privilegiado_encontrar clientes, y se pasaba los días sentado en su sillon a la espera de que apareciera alguien al azar.
Ya me corresponde mi turno en rl sillón , y tomo el lugar de cliente, y como que el barbero esta dentro de la parentela de mi mujer, el dialogo no se hizo esperar y mas de uno tuvo que llamar a la paciencia para que le hiciera mas grata la espera hasta que yo consumiera mi turno.
Gracias por acompañarme hasta el ultimo tijeraso.
Text translated with Deelp Translator.
Photos taken with my Tecno spsrk.
