Fiesta!
Fiesta is a way of life in Mexico. Music, street parades, religious statues, costumes and masks all come out in celebration of saints and special days in towns and villages all over the country. We were sitting waiting for a bus in Oaxaca one evening when we heard the sound of trumpets and around the corner came this parade, children all in their finery, proud parents ushering them along. We never found out what it was all about, anymore than we did the parade of pre-schoolers we saw a few days later - all dressed up and marching along - but clearly the custom starts early and lasts a lifetime.leyle
