Macondo was a village of 20 adobe built on the bank of a of clear that ran along a bed of polished , which were white and enormous, like prehistoric . The world was so that many things lacked , and in order to them it was necessary to at them. Every during the month of March a of ragged gypsies would set their tents near the village and with a great uproar of pipes and kettle drums, they would new inventions.