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.
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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... |
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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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XSi, Canon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
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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" |
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