Easter

Bona Pasqua!

In celebration of the Easter holiday we headed out on Friday night (10pm) to catch an Easter parade from the cathedral.

The outfits (aside from the awesome Roman soldiers) are a bit creepy if you come from the States and associate people in pointy capped white cloaks with a very dark part of our nation's history, but the children and community bands are easy to love with their brassy charm. The floats are Jesus in various forms (often in distress), and were elaborate works that reflected what we can only assume to be the love of the group who made/carried them (they were ported by members of the hooded brotherhoods).

Interesting to note, there appeared to be as many women as men in hooded robes, and children participated in the robes without hoods.

The parade drew a very large crowd well in advance of the event (which is interesting considering "Spanish time"). It is also interesting that while children receive candy for Easter, we didn't spot any of the large commercial Easter baskets at the grocery store. We indulged in Kinder Sorpresas and stacked the toys on our banister.

Love, fishes, and robots!
Chrissy and Chee Sing