Leaving Cuenca

They do like their parades in Cuenca.  I had a few hours to walk around on my last day in Cuenca and there was another parade.  Once again, the spectators, particularly the children, were as dressed as those in the parade.  This parade was for the Infantil Migrante (traveling baby?).  I never got a good explanation, but it seemed to have something to do with Jesus and immigrants to the US.  Because that makes a lot of sense.  As do the costumes.

This lady seems to be holding THE infant.  People ran up to her, cried, and threw flower petals at the doll.  I don't get it.

And what is a parade without a little dancing in the street?

It was a short parade.  When it was over, sanitation workers immediately swept up the flower petals, the street was reopened, and that was that.  Ten minutes later, you would not know there had been a parade.