Sucre Parade

There was a parade in the square in Sucre to commemorate the day Chile invaded Bolivia.

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Every school had a marching band and the whole class parading behind.

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Most of the marching bands were quite large.

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But not terribly good.

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Most of the schools had big standards that they carried in front.

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This one involved a taxidermied bird. I wondered why Shep doesn’t get a taxidermied thunderbird to carry around.

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The entire school marched along behind the bands. First the boys.

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Then the girls. Most of the students looked like they didn’t really want to be there.

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Because the students were marching from the square back to their schools, they all went different directions. This combined with the narrow streets made it a very crowded and confusing parade.

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