Independence Day Parade

A week ago, we had the Independence Day Parade. There are three days of parades and I guess this is typical for all of Honduras. The first day is just kinder and prepa which is preschool and kindergarten. The second day is for the primary school which is grades 1-6. Then the third day is for high school and junior high.

This parade was really interesting because each school was represented by these groups of kids. So there were some students just in the regular school uniform marching in lines, there was a marching band for each school, baton twirlers, and also a group of kids dressed up like "workers" which could be from any profession.

The parade took us from 7 am until just after 11 a.m. FOUR HOURS! This is in the hot sun and the parade length is actually very short It would probably take you about 15 minutes to walk it normal. The reason is that the point of the parade is to salute all of the officials of Juticalpa and Olancho at the very END of the parade. So you march in the parade for awhile (maybe 2 minutes) and then stop for about 10 or 15. It makes it a very slow process to get to the end!