Bandada was a live intervention that took place in the Huembes folkloric market of Managua, Nicaragua in July of 2008. In this work, I wore an entire outfit purchased from the market which the vendors marketed as typical Nicaraguan attire. I had purchased these items over a period of many years, but there was an element to every piece of “traditional Nicaraguan clothing” that remained timeless- real Nicaraguan people never wore them. Wearing “traditional Nicaraguan garments” I went into the market and sold a creation of my own- hot pink sweets that I had purchased in the market the day before molded into the shape of little wooden birds sold there that were popular Nicaraguan souveniers sold and made exclusively for tourists. I marketed my Americanized version of things Nica to the market vendor, and used my very North American Spanish to sell my goods. In three hours in the market, I sold out of my product, which I sold for whatever people would give me for them.