We have posted pictures of parades before. Today we were part of the parade. Three months in the country and already you are part of the picture. There was another school parade celebration and of course our school took part. Shown in this picture is a group of our students when they finished the parade. Any vendor of lemonade worth his juice was set up at the end of the parade.
The parade started at central park. This shot shows only a small part of the hundreds of participants that gathered for the parade.
They leave the simple things to me. Everyone has to feel useful.
Of course every parade brings out the cute kids. I am not sure what this very small girl was doing. She would be too young for school. Maybe mom was just showing her off.
Nine o'clock in the morning is NOT too early for ice cream if you are a little kid. At this age, you can get most of it in your mouth but you also have to wear some.
The vendors of all kinds come out of the woodwork. I am always amazed at how much "stuff" they can carry around. Dozens of different kinds of balloons are always a big hit.
The vendor "kings" are the cotton candy vendors. I count about 50 cotton candy packs on one stick. They walk around with these towers of sugar and of course the little kids have to have some.
We marched for about an hour. This was at a slow pace with plenty of stops. The viewers were about four deep on the sidewalk on both sides of the street all the way around. This culture loves a celebration with a parade. The luck of the organizers is amazing so far this fall. Four parades and no rain. Last night it rained about 7 hours. This late afternoon it is dumping it again. However, during the parade we got a slight sun burn. Just a reminder to those readers in the northern USA, we still have summer here with the usual 75 to 80 degrees.
2 comments:
That little girl in the white dress is a sweet heart. The dress itself is brand new from the appearance of it. I cannot get over the white shirts and white gloves and how neat and clean everyone looks. I note the cotton candy is in plastic bags; good idea in high humidity or in the event of a shower. Don
are you sure this shouldn't be titiled troyer trials the thing so different about quakes i think is there is just no place to take shelter, it's every where. it gives a person a helpless feeling DS
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