{"id":507,"date":"2009-02-24T13:24:09","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T19:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saskatchewangypsy.wordpress.com\/?p=507"},"modified":"2009-02-24T13:24:09","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T19:24:09","slug":"friday-night-carnaval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2009\/02\/24\/friday-night-carnaval\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday night carnaval"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Waiting for the parade to begin.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

\"dsc04454\"<\/a>Though the parade on Friday night was supposed to start at 7:00 pm, we took our seats on the edge of the plaza in front of city hall by 5:30pm.\u00a0 Little did we know that many would not arrive until close to the actual parade time.\u00a0 Of course, we knew that it was going to be a long wait, so we took our books to read.<\/p>\n

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We were able to leave every once in a while for various reasons including getting a cup of coffee from a nearby 7-11 store.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"dsc04464\"<\/a>Finally, the police escort appeared letting us know that the parade was about to appear in front of us.\u00a0 It was a long wait as the parade started quite a distance away from the city’s central square.<\/div>\n
\"dsc04485\"<\/a>First up were the clowns followed by various floats and entertaining groups.\u00a0 One thing that really impressed us was the inclusion of physically and mentally disabled people in the parade.\u00a0 Even senior citizen groups took part.<\/div>\n
\"dsc04504\"<\/a>Of course, there were a lot of nubile young women in skimpy outfits on a number of floats, espcially those put out by the beer companies such as Corona and Sol.\u00a0 There is no doubt that the Latin influence is strong as the Latin beat pounded out for many entertaining from the tops of floats as well as walking and dancing\u00a0in the fancy outfits.\u00a0 Salsa and rumba were the order of the evening.<\/div>\n
\"dsc04510\"<\/a>But, it wasn’t all just for the young adult crowd and the older crowd of young and restless wannabees.\u00a0 There were children groups taking part in the parade, dressed in the cinema costumes.<\/div>\n
\"dsc04532\"<\/a>Some floats were quite small.\u00a0 The parade featured a competition for commercial entries which meant some business enterprises made sure they were in the parade as advertising for their businesses.\u00a0 Why not when you have an audience of thousands upon thousands of people cheering on the sidelines.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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