Flag Day

Thursday was Flag Day, here in Haiti. I guess it's basically their patriotic day of the year. It's a national holiday, although the kids still go to school. Every school has a parade though, and all the kids get dressed up in red, white and blue... the colours of the Haitian Flag. Each school has a different 'Flag Day' uniform for their kids, so all the kids from that school are wearing the same outfit and they won't be mistaken for another school.
The kids at the Toddler House had a little parade of their own, where they marched down our street, singing the 'Flag' song and waving thier flags. I didn't have the chance to see this little demonstration though, because La Dawn and I were headed up to Kenscoff to take some pictures of some kids at another orphanage up there... not the really poor orphanage that I mentioned last weekend... this is another one, run by a lady from Holland. GLA does all their adoption paperwork for them.
So, La Dawn and I were trying to make our way up the mountain, which proved to be quite a chore, because we didn't really consider the fact that it was Flag Day. We got to watch three parades on our way up the mountain. It's kindof funny here, because there were no police to block off the road, for the parade, like they would do at home. And there's only one road up the mountain, so there was no way to get around them. All the traffic just had to wait until the parade people decided to let us through. We had a bit of a traffic jam at a couple points, but with a little patience, it all worked out. It was actually quite a treat to see THREE parades in Haiti, all in one day. You never know what you'll run into, here in Haiti. Every day brings new suprises...!