Cuenca is famous for it's children's parade on Christmas Eve and we were thrilled to have a front row view as the parade passed through the street in front of our apartment. However, we were soon down on the street ourselves, taking photos, applauding the children and dancing to the bands as they passed.
The parade started at 10 am and it was already a scorching hot day. Every child in the city and from other parts of Ecuador were dressed up - there were vehicle after vehicle containing traditional nativity scenes, with Marys, Josephs, wise men, shepherds and the cutest angels.
There were indigenous groups dressed in their best traditional costumes, miniature spanish ladies in beautiful gowns mounted on horses.
The procession culminated in the cathedral in Parque Calderon some 6 hours later, with offerings of roasted pig, guinea pig and strangely dressed chickens decorated with fruits and vegetables that had been transported around the city on horses and vehicles.
Impossible to adequately describe in words, so enjoy the photos!
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