May 14 I went into San José for their Independence Day parade. After helping Masako put on her kimono, a really intersting and elaborate process, we made our way to the town plaza together. There we waited through about an hour of speeches the parade started. To start things off the national police band played a few songs and then came the schools. The parade included nearly every student from every school in the area, some guys who have pretty horses, and the local coop (with whom Masako walked). The whole thing lasted four and a half hours and the heat reminded me of Independence Day in the US. There has been a lot of discussion around my community about which high school´s uniforms were the prettiest and who marched best. There was an appropriately large number of fireworks (just little ones that bang and people use in their houses) set off that night, as well!
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