Right outside my door...

I live a bit in the boonies with not too much around me although I am only a few kilometers from the main drag into the city.  However, you can see from previous posts just how lush and open the countryside is around me. 

So I was pleasantly surprised when I heard a band playing highly energetic music almost right outside my door.  Of course, I was out in seconds to see what was happening and found a parade of little kids and their parents going from house to house led by the band and a police car. 

It turned out that they were from a little school just over the hill in a quite isolated area.  

There was something so happy and real about this little parade.  I mean, c'mon.

Maybe it was that all the kids and their parents were all so young, but I think it was the complete lack of pretense, just the joy of being there and pretty much doing it totally right.

Traditional outfits

And totally hip.

What a treat.

The parents were right there as well.

It is going to be a fun week.