La Paz embraces Carnaval in a huge way -- 6 days, parades, street booths, rides, fast food, games. The event stretches for 2 miles along the malecon (the water front sidewalk/street). The theme this year was "Mysteries from the Sea."
Last week the rides began showing up along the route from the mainland ferry. The rides are what one might expect in a small town carnival in the US: geared only for younger children and held together with bailing wire and a promise. Along with the rides came the "carni" workers: living in trucks and campers that were now parked along the main road.
A few days later the street vendors began setting up -- games of chance, food vendors, stalls with masks & hats, hollow eggs with confetti. By now the malecon was pretty much closed to traffic except in the morning and police were EVERYWHERE.
I'm not sure where the cops and vendors and carni folks are other times of the year: but for Carnaval, they are all in LaPaz.
We went to Carnaval the other night -- what a hoot. Of course, I took alot of photos. This blog is shots of the games and vendors and crowd. Parade pictures are in the next blog.
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| Down from the north |
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| What a cutie--her folks are just off camera taking pictures. |
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| Quite the Golden Gate |
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| Hat, mask, and churro. What a special day! |
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| A future Baja 1000 rider |
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| Playing Loteria with dried corn pieces -- a game of chance widespread in Mexico. Bingo with pictures.... |
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| Snacks for All....Beware of the red powders.... |
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| Dried fruits of all sorts -- the bees were happy customers! |
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| Fresh potato chips (gotta love the open flame!) |
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| Another game of chance |
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| Fresh hot pecans in a sugar coating -- see them cooking? YUM |
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