After we left the park area, we crossed over to the south side of the moat. Next to IDI, our massage place, we got a small table on a raised platform at a coffee shop. We were ready to sit down and have a drink and it looked like the parade was coming by soon. We sat for quite a long time watching. There were huge gaps between groups/floats -- sometimes 5 minutes or more. They had come quite a long way from the river on the east side of the city.
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| The vanguard -- costumes from various areas |
There were four or five bands all together and they were quite good players. (Not quite like the bands we sometimes hear in India...) No one had Sousaphones; they had to carry regular tubas!
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| One of several pairs in costume |
The floats were covered in flowers, rivals to the Rose Bowl Parade.
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| Long-tailed dresses -- mermaids? |
There were a number of vintage cars, including a few old VW Beetles. Notice the scooters around; they were regular traffic that got through the barriers (which were pretty limited).
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| Another band in "country" dress |
About the time the vintage cars came, we got up and headed towards our hotel. We got to see the last few floats just before we left the main street.
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