And today the final post on Morelia, the parade with spectators swirling around and vendors selling stuff it was more like a party than anything organized. We enjoyed it.
They posed and looked severe and haughty for the camera then burst out giggling:
I have no idea what they lost in the ice cream freezer:
The floats are individual constructions carried by one person usually a strong young man.
Churro vendor:
Time to go:
Bye bye cathedral of the transfiguration:
I took this picture by accident and his pose was just another reminder of the inequities in display in Mexico. I see the homeless in the US and fear the paths of the two countries are crossing:
The empty street was no longer empty!
Layne put her hand out and they let us in and slowly without hassle or frustration traffic moved steadily forward. It was actually stress free.
An hour later we were in the campground at Pátzcuaro a small tourist town south of Morelia.
It had been a fun morning peering at the unexpected parade. Luck of the journey.
5 comments:
In all your pictures of the parade I see not a mask in sight. What happened?
It is odd but they don’t use masks. I’m not sure exactly why but Morelia has a tradition of parading one person “floats.” All the ones I saw were being walked through town by relays of sweaty young men as it must be hard work. Their formal
name is “ torito” or small bull and they represent neighborhoods in the city. The Italian tradition of anonymity and masks isn’t done here. As far as I could tell.
I think anonymous 1 meant surgical/face masks, for covid.
Mmmmmmm, churros...
Yes, I was surprised of no masking seen for COVID in all the pictures you took. Previous posts in your drive down Mexico has shown masking still.
Got it! Interesting point. At first we were planning to avoid the crowds but when the parade arrived the crowd was mobile mixing in with the participants. So we were able to keep some room around us but I honestly didn’t notice the lack of masks. . However as you noticed many many people in Mexico do wear masks often improperly and weirdly even outside walking by themselves. We wear them in stores while museums and cultural spaces indoors generally require them. Funny that though. No masks in the parade. Hmm.
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