The second day of the carnival was dedicated to the kids. It was their day to run through the main streets of town attempting to cover each other in “a cocktail of lipstick, paint, and colored powder”.
They chased each other up and down the beach and the streets. The more paint they threw the more fun it was.
There were a lot of kids having a lot of fun.
The idea of the paint is that you can wash it off in the ocean and, at the same time, wash away all of your troubles.
I don’ think the kids cared much about the history or the symbolism. They only cared about the fun.
What they didn’t realize either was that they were merely in training for the more intense celebrations the adults carry out. Day 3 was for the adults. It was a total “Mardi Gras” type of experience.
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