If you remember from my last post, Mike and I were invited to celebrate the First Communion of Sergio one of our students at the Oratorio. After a celebration at their house on the weekend of the Purisima, they have a parade and all the kids who received their First Communion dress up once again in their outfits and march around the town. We had to swim through the big crowd a couple times to find Sergio as well as Flor, our old neighbor and student. Finally we found them and took plenty of pictures and I even took some of my older students who were also going through the ceremony. I believe First Communion at home usually occurs around the age of 10? Here it seemed to vary from age 8 to age 16. After the parade there was a 3 hour long mass that we DID NOT stay for…hell no! At the least, it was fun to participate and experience a Nica cultural moment.
The parade goes through downtown
The padre of the Catholic church here, he's supposedly a Nica from Estelí
One of our students, but I can't remember his name!
The long lines of the boys and girls
The girls dress in white...how pretty!
One of my students, Yobelki
Nothing says "pure" like the drunk guys passed out on the side of the road while the kids march by!
The man of the hour, Sergio!
Note: Found another computer to load the pictures from, it's not as easy as mine...but hell it works. I'm such a whiner, right Becca? Haha
The parade goes through downtown
The padre of the Catholic church here, he's supposedly a Nica from Estelí
One of our students, but I can't remember his name!
The long lines of the boys and girls
The girls dress in white...how pretty! 
One of my students, Yobelki
Nothing says "pure" like the drunk guys passed out on the side of the road while the kids march by! 
The man of the hour, Sergio! 
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