Chuck and I send Christmas greetings of love and peace to all our family, friends and friends, who read this blog, that we have yet to meet.
Cuenca is a wonderful place to be on Christmas Eve. The tradition here is a parade of the children "paseo de los ninos." Every year, on this day, the children of Cuenca parade through the streets in all sorts of costumes. People come from all of Ecuador come to witness this great event. From my observations, people come from all over the world to witness this event. I saw many more gringos on the streets than usual.
The parade is huge, lasting from 10:00am until 5:00pm. It seems that every child in Cuenca participates. Proud parents work hard coming up with the right costumes for their children.
This year's parade pictures below:
Three Wise Men
Mariachi anyone?
A great costume....a shepherd boy with a lamb on his back.
Cowboys and Gypsies...Yeh!!
Amazonian costumes....
This little guy is so darling...
and so are these little girls.....
I love this wise man....he seems to be a cross between a wise man and Santa Claus...
A tiny senorita....with a Japanese paper umbrella.
A family of Santas...
An adorable angel....
These children are getting hydrated. It was a very warm day.
Daddy getting another senorita ready to start parading...
Some more gypsies...
This little girl was dancing right in with the older kids....
Here is a little clown in Daddy's arms...
There were tons of animals in the parade...
Here is a cow all dressed up...
And a horse...
We ran into our friends, Brian and Shelley and they had their little dog, Fredi, dressed up as Santa.
One last picture to leave you with...
I love this picture because this little boy reminds me of our grandson..
It was a wonderful Christmas Eve. We met our friends, Rich and Nancy at the square, had lunch together at a Mexican restaurant and ended the evening with Rich, Nancy, Charlie and Bruce at our place for Thai food.
Hope your Christmas day is blessed with love and gratitude.
Nancy and Chuck
I can't wait to see this parade. How about a rain check for next year?? Nancy, you have a real talent with the camera. You take wonderful children's photos! I especially liked the little Japanese senorita. I don't think she was too happy with her costume, tho. We're thinking of you all as the blizzard winds howl around us. We just keep thinking of warmer days ahead. Merry Christmas, special friends. May your New Year bring you many smiles.
ReplyDeleteLove to you both~
Clarke and Brenda
Hey Mom & Chuck, I'm putting a blog together right now about music & how it makes one feel when they hear a song. As I'm listening to Star Wars Episode III's soundtrack I wanted to let you know Micheal & Kathie & the kids had a great Christmas Day here in Washington state. You so right about that last picture being so Cannon like for sure, Have a great new year as well when it arrives in Cuenca.
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