Yesterday was Día de Independencia (Independence Day) here in Costa Rica. The day starts off with the school-aged children congregating at the school at about 7:30 am for a civic presentation detailing the history of Costa Rica's independence including traditional dances, singing of the national anthem and hymn, and other things as well.
At about 9:30 or so, the crowd begins to move towards the main intersection as all students from the local kinder (kindergarten) all the way up to high school begin their formation and prepare to begin the parade.
There were so many groups this year. I remember last year's parade being much smaller, most likely due to the rain we had last year on this day. The parade was even delayed several hours due to the rain las year.
We had a perfect day today, full sun and lots of heat ;)
It was a wondeful parade and so much fun to see all the kids all dressed up in their different outfits and performing what they have worked so hard on for the past month or so.
Thye'd wave or smile at us as they passed by and it was fun being able to wave at them and encourage them as they passed. I tried to get pictures of everyone but there are so many children that come through the doors of the church each week I couldn't get a picture of them all!
Praise YOU JESUS for this!
Here are several pictures of the parade. WARNING: There's alot of pictures!!
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| Julian, his red ribbon means he is academically one of the top in his class |
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| Yuleisi, wearing her red academic excellence ribbon proudly |
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| These are siblings of Tatiana and Siugey, both in PFK |
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| The beginning of the parade- Cindy is one of the girls carrying the Villarreal Elementary school banner |
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| This little guy was leading a group of about 10 little drummer boys- he really took his job seriously! He had a whistle and all! |
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| These girls danced down the road- the one on the right was the leader, and loved using her whislte! |
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| This little cutie is Maberick's little sister, Anyi |
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| Natsumi |
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| Naomi |
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| Laura |
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| Sofia, Isa's best friend |
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| Traditional dancers |
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| Academic Excellence group |
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| Hector |
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| The top students in each grade |
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| Meryann |
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| Anahi and Crystal |
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| Maberick and Johan |
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| Tatiana |
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| Kendall |
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| Andres |
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| Leidi, far right |
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"Generation 2011"
(Class of 2011) |
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| Victor Daniel |
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| The McClain family |
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| The McKay family |
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Siugey, Emmanuel, and Dayana
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