gnukid
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Nov 20th Fotos de La Paz
First things first
Impending Revolution
Baja Mil Awards Party
Sunset
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DENNIS
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Wonder what the traditionalists had to say about those mini-skirts?
And they say we blaspheme their customs. 
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wessongroup
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Thanks for the look, and all the work..
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Iflyfish
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Wonderful photos, great to see this event.
So many classic images here, too many to elaborate on. The juxtaposition of the open circuit box on the palm tree and the firemen doing their ladder
act is stunning, just stunning.
Well done, thanks for sharing this documentation of Baja pride!
Iflyfish
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gnukid
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In La Paz, if the band plays-you dance, if someone sings-you shout encore-regardless, if there is parade you join in, and on days like Nov 20th you
cry tears of joy and laugh till your face hurts.
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BornFisher
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Looks like quite a fiesta, and lots of folks having a great time! Cool pics, thanks
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Paula
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Great pictures Gnu!!!!
Thank you!
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Curt63
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Real nice!
No worries
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Bob H
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Absolutely loved these images.... seems like there is always something going on when we visit La Paz. We really like that city!
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Ken Bondy
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Wonderful series gnukid!!
carpe diem!
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shari
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those were lovely fotos gnu...very descriptive of the holiday...the first one was a classic and I love the gals with guns...all the adelitas
particularly the ones on horseback...I can never see enough pictures of Revolution Day!!! thanks for taking the time to post these.
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bajajazz
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Thanks, gnu. Appreciate the photos as we had just returned from an exhausting roundtrip to the 'States and didn't get downtown for the parade, which
I've heard is one of the largest ever in La Paz. What a special place this is.
It's fitting that women were well-represented in the parade, as they played an important part in the Revolution of 1910, as nurses, cooks, camp
followers and as armed and mounted soldiers. They also kept the homefires burning as farmers and cattle raisers while their men were away fighting
the war, and they did a good job of it, too, as I've read the citizens of Chihuahua and Sonora states ate better during the Revolution than they did
after it was over.
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