Today marks the end of the festivals of the Napo province. Kinda like an independence day for the province except they celebrate it for about two weeks. This morning there was a grand parade of every school in the province it seemed. Imagine a parade three hours long of nothing but marching bands that have only drums. I had planned on missing this parade but found myself trapped when I entered town to use the internet. There were so many people that once I got off the bus I became a rather “captive” audience member. Last week they had another parade that was a much more interesting. More dances and more cultural. Today was just pretty military. I only took pics of the other parade.
Tonight the streets will fill with people for a big city-wide dance. They had the exact same events for the festivals of Tena. Went to that dance night, but I will probably skip this one. I think before I described it as a summer fest-type atmosphere meaning super crowded and filled with people who are mostly drunk off their asses.
At any rate I enjoy how everything is an excuse to party here and there is always something going on despite the fact that it is a pretty small city. A lot of Ecuador is like that I think. Walk around long enough and you are bound to find a parade, a protest, a dance, or a concert right there on the street.
3 comments:
Looks like a lot more fun than Cedarbubble.
I enjoyed your colorful pics; they capture the energy well.
6-8 inches of snow tomorrow!
lol it's true
Lovely pictures Em!
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