Though it threatened to rain on the parade, hours before the Procession of Silence was scheduled to start, crowds began lining the Macedonio Alcalá to watch as procession participants prepared for the sixteen block silent journey through some of Oaxaca’s main streets.
As Chris mentioned, in his blog post, there seemed to be many more women taking part.
Please keep silent, the procession is about to begin…
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Appropriately for a silent parade, you posted photos, but almost no text.
Yikes, you are right! Unconsciously, I must have carried the quiet visual experience.