Here are more pictures from the 2009 Corso de las Flores y la Alegría parade. I have comments on a few of them.
Most of us have ridden on one of these at one time or another, an old fashioned caterpillar train. This train was filled with small children, but they are hard to see in the photo.
All day long I had trouble getting pictures of people looking at our side of the street. The reason is that the sun was behind us and none of the participants in the parade wanted to look into the sun. As you look through the pictures, you will see the spectators on the other side of the street using parasols, newspapers, and other items to shade themselves. We were in shade from the buildings behind us.
This man appears to be a kind of shaman, accompanied by a devil. He was "curing" people along the parade route. Notice the herbs in his hand. You can buy medicinal herbs in many markets in Ecuador. I bet they work (at least in some cases). My understanding is that some 40% of all medicines are derived from research into the chemicals in plants and other natural compounds (penicillin is the most famous story), and that the pharmaceutical industry was one of the only big business entities that lobbied for rainforest protection.
I'm not sure who this man is, but he appears to be carrying a baby. He has kind of a funny stride to be carrying a newborn.
This picture made me laugh when I saw it. It looks like one of the Blues Brothers, accompanied by the devil. And the devil is not very scary either. He looks a little dejected that people are not more frightened of him.
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