We had fun attending two of the three Independence Day parades in Chichicastenango. For three days, the main highway through town was closed for a couple of hours each day for the parades.
 |
| Waiting for the parade to start! |
 |
| Guatemala's national flag. |
 |
High school students dressed up in
traditional costumes. |
 |
A smaller version of some of the idols
the Mayan priests transport from place to place. |
 |
Monkeys went into the crowds and messed up
girls' hair, which nobody seemed to like. |
 |
| A Mayan priest. |
There were also rows and rows of sweet school children, since every school in town participated.
We were grateful for several mornings of sunshine in the middle of rainy season!
