Oaxaca is the land of parties and parades. It was raining on one of our first days and we were wandering around town looking for our next hotel when we ran into a group of men holding giant balloon Flores. We walk into the place where it all seems to be happening and we see many people in costume as well as giant puppet figures. We asked what was going on….a 50th anniversary celebration for a market. Here we have a brass band, an army of senoritas and senors, and men hefting up giant balloon globes in the pouring rain, marching down the street.
The senoritas and senors dancing.
One of the giant balloon globes.
We hear that calendas (parades) and fiestas are almost daily occurrences in Oaxaca and indeed you often see brass bands and senoritas on the street. A political parade came by our window at the Spanish school…mid day.
The giant puppets.
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