the marching band was dressed like they might be in the states, with a very uncomfortable looking women scantily clad in shiny green sequins spinning a baton in the front. i'm not exactly sure about the logic of having this band take part in what seemed to be a possibly religious parade, but i certainly enjoyed seeing them. at the end of their band there were more old people with incense, and an old man with a cart selling very bright, colorful kitchen supplies (mops, sponges, bleachy things, etc.) next came more blue trucks, this time with many drumers doing repetitive, loud beats on the bass heavy little taiko drums. and more cymbals accenting their beats. another short gap (and i'm walking by a buddhist temple with a large kuan yin by this time - there are many many fireworks on the ground in front of the temple), then yet another blue truck with several different percussionists that i didin't get a good look at. behind them were men in different matching shirts holding horns that were maybe 5 feet long -- the type that i think of as calling monks to prayer in Tibet -- and they made a very low sound. mixed among them were more shrine trucks, dragon dancers, men with 10 foot tall, elaborately constructed puppet-like costumes of wraithful gods (?), stern looking elders(?), or maybe historical figures that i don't recognize, and, of course, people holding big sticks of incense. as the dancers went by the shrine, the fireworks went off
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