Today Huamanga celebrated the 471st Anniversary of the Inauguration of the District of Huamanga with a massive parade around the Plaza de Armas.
After the initial flag raising and the singing of the National Anthem of Peru the parade got under way, and they came in all ages and sizes, especially the very young.
As usual many of the local primary and secondary schools were represented as also were the various school and college staffs.
However, the most impressive aspect of the parade was the fact that the local authorities were obviously prepared for almost anything as the following photos go to show…
Possibly they wanted to make sure that this old gentleman got across the road safely.
We both thought it most appropriate that on our final day in Ayacucho we witnessed another parade. Five months or twenty weeks here, at least one parade a week before we begin to count Semana Santa, so todays could be about number thirty-five!
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