I have had a very busy time recently both in and out of school, so I am a little behind on posting my blog update.
On 15th May we celebrated Independence Day. Last year's bicentenary celebrations seemed to set a tradition going, so this year there were more parades.
Early in the morning there was a military parade through the town to the Pantheon where former presidents and army officials are buried along with the unknown soldier. The President made a speech.
Later in the morning I joined the Hickmotts and crowds of people along Avenida Mariscal Lopez, outside the President's official residence, to watch another parade. The morning had started quite cold but as we stood watching, the sun was burning hot. We stayed for an hour soaking up the atmosphere as hundreds of schoolchildren paraded past. (Everybody was enjoying a long weekend away at St. Andrew's so this year we did not participate). There was lots of colour and razzamatazz as bands lent a lot of noise to the scene, all playing different tunes.
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