This first photo is a continuation of the celebrations in Tlaquepaque and just to show that all dancing is not folk dancing. This is one of a number of groups that were doing ballroom type dancing one night.
And on another night in our town, there were a number of bands playing, none very good but this one was particularly bad. About 25 young boys, as enthusiastic as all get out but we just had to leave mid concert.
For the second week of celebrations in Guadalajara, my cousin John Thorsten and his wife Arlene came to visit and got in on some of the festivities
These next pictures are really hard to explain as the whole week tells a story and the story is on this large chunk of story book that fell from the sky one night and gouged into the street. More of the story you can find on these two websites. The first site is in spanish but if you scroll down to the bottom there are a number of photos and a video. This second site is in english and tells the story of the giant puppets. They were made in France and have travelled all over the world, telling different stories according to the cultures of the countries they visited.
There was a giant dog, maybe 2m high but with the crowds we had difficulty getting a photo of him. The next two photos are of the giant doll and the puppeteers who make them work.
There were thousands upon thousands of people and it was very hard to get around, even before and after the parade. We were glad to get back to Tlaquepaque when it was all over.
The uncle in this story was the giant of all giants, perhaps 20m tall and it took many, many puppeteers to make him work. It all was pretty amazing.
One evening we were in the center of Tlaquepaque and these 4 very wonderful university students wanted to interview us in english. It was an assignment from their english professor. They were so sweet and it was such fun.
Arlene and John left at 2:00PM last Tuesday and Barb (Nancy's sister) and Dianne (Barb's friend) became our second set of guests, here to help celbrate our 50th and get away from the wicked Southern Alberta weather.
There never seems to be a dull moment in the center of town. Last night there were maybe 30 "living statues" all over the town and this photo is one of them. We were a bit late as when we arrived they were all starting to undress and shutdown the performances.
A bit of a short blog this time but with all the company, there just are not enough hours in the day.
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