All Soul's Day Parade
This entry was posted on 11/5/2007 7:10 PM and is filed under other stuff.
Last night we went to the All Soul's Day procession/parade here in Tucson. This was the first time that I'd ever been to an event such as this one. It is a far cry from the parades we had back in Ohio. Instead of marching bands, fire trucks, and the Mayor in the back of a convertible waving to the crowd, you get every sort of costume representing something about death that you can imagine (and a few you can't imagine). There's no sign up, order of procession or nice and even spacing. Basically, anyone that wants to can come down and join the parade. The vast majority were wearing costumes or held signs, but there were a few that just joined in and walked along with the masses. You had everything from religious icons to war protests to people honoring their loved ones that had passed on to just plain weirdos. They definitely crawl out of the woodwork for this one. The entire procession went by in less than an hour, so it didn't take long. I think that this was mainly because we were at the beginning of the route and they hadn't spread out yet. Overall it was quite entertaining and definitely something that I'm glad that I witnessed at least once in my life. Heck, it might be neat to dress up and join in next year
Don't ask me what this was all about... but it looked cool.
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Watch out for the Wicker Man!!
