Felices Reyes! It's the night before the celebration of the Three Kings! This means that it's time for the cabalgata or parade!
As I've mentioned before, Reyes or Three Kings is much more important here than in the United States. Most children will get there bigger presents tomorrow morning.
To celebrate the occasion, each city has it's own cabalgata. All of the kids wait eagerly so they can try to collect as many sweets as they can. Unlike in the US where you can only lightly toss candy at people's feet or not at all, people actually THROW the candy so you have to watch out! Of course, you also have to watch out for pushy parents who want their kids to get lots of candy as well as teenagers who think it's cool to get the toys from the Reyes (even though these toys are obviously for really little kids).
Rather than bore you with the details, I'm going to share a few of the videos I took last night with my camera.
The Second King...
The Third King...
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