Wednesday, February 26, 2014

El Día de la Bandera


Monday was the “el día de la bandera,” the day of the flag. In honor of Mexico, many businesses closed and there was no school. In the morning the whole town of Sayulita closed down to honor the flag in a celebratory parade.

Joel carrying the Mexican flag.

Even though we didn’t have school, students at CVIS participated in the parade. All of our hard work practicing marching and doing the wave paid off. Students showed up wearing either white, red, and green. As they marched around, they looked like the flag. It was beautiful. Along the parade route we would periodically stop to do the wave and chant “¡Viva Mexico!” ¡Viva Sayulita!” ¡Viva la bandera!” ¡Viva CVIS!” and more.

CVIS students dressed in red, white, and green 
to honor (and mimic) the Mexican flag.

The parade was a lot of fun. But it was probably the hottest of all the days I have been in Sayulita. We only marched around for about an hour, but that is a long time for a group of thirsty students. At the end of the parade there was a ceremony in the baseball field, but by that time most of the students had hit a wall. The sixth graders participated in the ceremony by marching around with the flag, which is something they also do at our bimonthly school flag ceremony. After that students started to disperse, even though the ceremony was not quite over. 

Cynhia and I with our matching Mexican flag
face paint. ¡Viva Mexico!

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