India Parade

So it is pretty pointless to remind everyone that I am attempting to find where I fit in Vegas.  To help in this endeavor Brent has found so community activities that we thought it would be fun to participate in.  Our first activity was for the India Independence Day Parade.

We arrived only a few minutes before the parade was suppose to start.  The streets were practically empty so I was a little concerned that we had either missed it or it wasn't actually going to happen.  

For some reason the Porta-Potties were very funny to me 

It says "PORTA JANE: BECAUSE JOHN CAN'T AIM!"

Since the Parade was running late we ran across the street to grab a slurpee.  Did we need to sugar or calories?  Nope, but it was delicious anyway!

The parade start with a woman who had the most annoying voice.  She seemed to like her own voice more than anything else.  Despite the annoying announcer we were able to see some beautiful native dress.  The multiple colored outfit in the middle was all sparkles!  It was gorgeous!

The parade turned out to be less than lack luster.  Here is suppose to be a famous Indian Warrior...

These four girls were cute.  They would dance with the four pieces then them combine them to make the shape of India.  They did a nice job.

Here is what a typical "float" looked like.  It seemed that ever region of India was suppose to have a float but no one want to actually make one, so it ended up being people from that area just walking down the street.

These girls were a great source of culture.  They were actual Indian dancers.  Not as impressive as more professional Indian dances I have seen but it was fun to watch either way.

Out of the whole parade there was one float and here it is.... Yes, I was unaware that Elmo, Sponge Bob, Yurtle the Turtle, and other characters were actually native Indians... crazy.

In short, the parade was a bust, but it was fun getting out there to try something new and different, and I think we will be trying these type of social experiments more frequently!