[Leica] Fiestas de Quito

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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