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Subject: [Leica] Fiestas de Quito
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:54:39 +0000
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You timed your Quito visit well, catching a great burst of colour in 
those shots, Jayanand. Lots of comely maidens in great costumes - I like 
the way you caught eye contact in 10307

Douglas

On 19/01/2019 04:02, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> The second and last set of photos from Quito.
>
> Walking around the old city, we ran smack bang into the annual Fiestas de
> Quito festival, which goes on for a week or two, culminating in the first
> week of December, and which celebrates the founding of Quito in the 16th
> century.
>
> As we were walking around, I took this quick portrait of Neela and myself,
> looking at a tableaux of a barbershop - the barber is a mannequin, not 
> real:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10279.jpg.html
>
> Then we were in the thick of things! One colourful group of pretty
> senoritas:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10305.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10307.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10310.jpg.html
>
> A major feature of the celebrations is a beauty contest, the Reina de
> Quito, and the winners went by:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10401.jpg.html
>
> Participants after their turn at the parade:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10297.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181121-10031.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10272.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10376.jpg.html
>
> These two guys really looked to me  like stereotyped mafioso, but were
> actually musicians:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10340.jpg.html
>
> The spectators did their own thing, and watched the parades (with one
> homage to Jim Shulman!):
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10312.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10320.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10398.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10399.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10400.jpg.html
>
> I wonder if that hostel is the Ecuadorian equivalent of a Japanese love
> hotel?
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10383.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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