Cuenca Christmas 2008
Last updated: Cuenca, 25 Dec 2008(click on an image to enlarge)
 
Cuenca loves their parades.  I think there has been 1 or 2 - sometimes more - every weekend that I've been here.
 
On Christmas Eve they have a big one - El Pase del Nino Viajero (The parade of the child traveler).  It starts at 10 AM and runs continually until 5 PM.

Looking down at the parade.

More parade.

From the street. The plaza and cathedral are in the background.

A sign on one of the family's cars

Another

And another

One of the decorated cars

Another

My teacher says this is more typical of Northern Ecuador.

Some of the parade...




There's a little baby inside there somewhere.

This was on the morning of Christmas Day. It was just two floats - this one and..

this one. With their own police motorcycle escort.

Hot air baloons and fireworks in the evening after the parade.

Up, up ..

and away.

Looks like a fun job.

A band playing next to the church door.

Lighting off fireworks next to the cathedral. He's putting them on the post and they spin around and go flying up.

You can see the little spinny thing at the center in this photo. It's the actual fireworks.
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Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.

After Mass, they light a big firework that they had constructed in the street. Here is part of it.

"Viva El Nino Viajero"