Bacon Today » ecuador http://bacontoday.com Daily News on the World of Sweet, Sweet Bacon. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:00:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Pase del Niño Viajero (Christmas in Ecuador) http://bacontoday.com/pase-del-nino-viajero-christmas-in-ecuador/ http://bacontoday.com/pase-del-nino-viajero-christmas-in-ecuador/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 15:05:21 +0000 Corey James http://bacontoday.com/?p=1649 Traveling to Ecuador? Consider planning your trip around the end of the year for the Christmas festivities called Pase del Niño Viajero.

On December 24 each year, a day-long celebration of the travels of Mary & Joseph takes place through the Ecuadorian town of Cuenca. What’s the have to do with bacon you ask? Take a look at the following photo.

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Have you ever seen a pig celebrated so gloriously? Any festival, parade, or other holiday event that gives it up to mother pork with such in-your-face and colorful zest is someplace that we want to be.

See you all in Ecuador this Christmas!

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Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/morejon/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmoorr/
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