Kites at Sumpango

Along the trail, which was up hill all the way, were all kinds of things that were being sold. Here a lady is selling beaded necklaces and earring's.

On November 1 we invited the Lopez's to go to Sumpango with us to the Kite festival. The kite festival is a national celebration. There are families, organizations, or groups who make a kite, much like the floats for parades. It is an art form. Some of the kites were made with paper from China. Each kite had to have a theme of some kind as you might be able to see from the pictures. Some of the kites were over 6 meters which is  about somewhere just under 14 feet. The time the kite stays in the air and how high it goes determines the winners of the competition. We had fun watching the kites and also watching the people.

In going up hill, we would go back down hill. It was steeper than it looks in this picture.

You could buy corn grilled on the cob here. They put lots of line juice and sea salt on the corn and gave it to you in a corn husk. The Lopez's purchased some to eat on the way up and back.

You could buy your self a kite and fly it. There were many kites besides the ones in the competition. Someones kite got tangled with one of the kites that was in the competition.

This is the field where the festival was held

Below you will find many pictures of the people in their native dress. Even the children were in their native dress.

This is the one end of the field.
Below is the other end of the field. 

This is where the kites were launched from.

And these are the crowds of people who were there.

We thought this was a cute couple. Notice the colors in her dress. This is typical.

Up on this stand are all the announcers and judges.

Here is one of the kites about to be launched.

from old to

young

families

and singles

Here is a cute little girl in the native dress

This boy kept watching us. He was bashful when we said hi to him.

 Kites in the air. Small and large. All shapes and sizes. Some soared and some crashed. Such is life.

This is one of the two winning kites.

This one climbed the highest

This one tried two times and came crashing down. 

This is the last one to go up while we were still there. It is one of the prettiest ones.

On halloween afternoon we took a bunch of candy in this bowl and went to each of the temple missionary apartments and gave them a small plate full of candy.  Some of the missionaries were still on their shift at the temple so we left theirs at the door.

This was a table of sweet treats that was being sold at the Kite festival.

this little girl was so cute in her pink hat. She was up with the judges during the festival.

And this little guy was making eyes at me. When I talked with him he was so bashful. I think he was thinking I was the most different grandma he had ever seen. OR he was seeing something that I didn't know about. Maybe I had a bug in my hair or something.