Yesterday, August 1st, was the beginning of the festival for Santo Domingo, which I don’t known much about but you can read more about here. What I do know is that the festival celebrates the Saint Dominic, and is mixed with participants who are religious and believe in the tradition as well as observers (like me!). We went in the morning when they were having the procession from La Sierritas church to El Santo Domingo church (both in Managua). It was a great opportunity to do some people watching! Here are some pictures:
After the procession of Santo Domingo, I went home for a quick lunch and then left for the afternoon festivities – The Horse Parade. This was lots of fun! People camped out on the side of the street, similar to US parades, watching the floats pass by, full of loud speakers booming Latin music, live bands sitting on the backs of pick-up trucks, and dancers too! The most impressive part was the 2800 horses that participated! Unfortunately, I did not get any pictures from this event, but you can imagine what 2800 cowboys on horses running around in the street would look like! At times, it seemed like the cowboys were making their horses “dance” to the traditional music…it was pretty awesome.
-Kine Camara
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