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| Roble de Sabana Tree across cow pasture from my house, seen from street. Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Roble de Sabana Zooming in through my trees Atenas, Costa Rica |
It is still dry season and trees that lose their leaves immediately burst out in flowers. This week it is the Roble de Sabana, which is a type of oak tree they say, but nothing like a north american oak!
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| Colegio Liceo had the largest group of marching flags led by a Drum Majorette. |
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| When they stopped they had a very intricate presentation of weaving the lines in and out of each other to create a sea of red, white and blue – Colegio Liceo. |
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| As usual I watched the parade from Gelly’s across from Parque Central. Here Colegio Liceo is starting their presentation seen in second photo. |
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| Escuela Central Elementary School did great for younger kids! And they had the coolest caps! Boys and girls marched in separate lines. That’s elementary school for you! 🙂 |
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| Colegio San Rafael was led by a drum major. |
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| Though not as large as Liceo, San Rafael had impressive group & show! |
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| Patriotism and color on 15 de septiembre is just as big as US 4th of July! Just no mucho fireworks in Atenas. Another shot of Colegio San Rafael. (There’s a big fireworks show in San Jose. But I like my little farm town!) |
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| Unlabeled School (or I missed the sign) leave our area by the church. |
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| Watching the parade with me at Gelly’s |
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| Representing one of the schools in the parade |
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| Nicole, 6 or 7, is already a drummer in a band! Son of my Spanish teacher, in band I raised $ for. |
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| Some of the dancers weren’t so good, but this group was great, with traditional dancing! |
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| I watched this boy sneak under the railing to sit on curb for closer view! |
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| The red, white & blue traditional dress is most typical for Independence Day and I’ll show adults wearing them another day. |
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| And this is the typical traditional dress for boys and men. I wore a hat like this but no bandanna, just a red, white & blue shirt! |
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| Another traditional dress for 15th of September! All of these are made by parents or a seamstress, you cannot buy them in stores. |
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| And finally, a father-son bonding moment on the parade route. This may be my favorite photo from the parade. |
I have lots of photos of a lot of bands and really a lot of flags I’ll share a few of, plus some adult costumes and some “different” things in the parade in future posts.