November 20th. La Dia de la Revolucion. And what's a Mexican holiday without a parade? The parade is made up mostly of school children. And it lasts for hours!
Join me in watching the parade in Zihuatanejo...
These girls were performing traditional dances
Young boys created human pyramids
They even had some floats
The soldiers made an appearance
These youngsters were having the time of their lives
Lots of young spectators were on hand
It was a hot day so young "nurses" patrolled the parade route handing out orange slices and water to the participants.
Another young parade watcher
These ladies had beautiful dresses that covered their horses
A martial arts group came down the street followed by a group of soldiers
But, my favorite group of the day was this group of dancers. They twirled, laughed, and sang. The girls in this group ranged in age from 65 to 85! Dance on, ladies!
Near the end of the parade a young girl ran up to me with this little clay jarrito and a bottle of tequila. She poured me a shot and ran back to the float to get another jarrito. Since the girl was only about 10 years old I assumed it was a tequila bottle with colored water. I took a whiff... Nope, it definitely wasn't colored water! I downed my shot of tequila and walked back to the room.
Salud!
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