After our siesta we headed back to the plaza to dance the afternoon away and wait for the fireworks. True Peruvian time was apparent here. We were told that the fireworks would start at 7 so we waited until 7:30 and saw that they were still setting up so we asked again this time we were told they would start at 10p.m. well around 11p.m. the fireworks started. It was well worth the wait thought. Ayacucho sure knows how to do a firework show! It was about an hour show. Fireworks were shooting off these bamboo structures as well as being shot into the air. The bamboo structures had intricate pinwheels that would move when the fireworks where lit, other fireworks would trigger a banner to fall down reveling a Biblical reference.
After dancing more through the night we ended up waiting the plaza ALL night for the resurrection procession to start. A
t 4a.m. the plaza went from completely empty except for about 100 hardcore Easter celebrators who had stayed out all night to completely pack in a matter of minutes. I swear the Peruvians came out of the woodwork all of a sudden like cockroaches. This procession is the largest of the whole week. The float it self takes 400 men to carry it around the plaza. The procession starts inside the church and when the float gets to the doors of the church Jesus resurrects f
rom inside the float and get paraded around the plaza. This float was the most gorgeous by far! It had millions of little candles flickering as well as larger more modern light-bulbs for when the candles went out. After the float passed me by I headed home. Come 6 a.m. I was back home and in bed, just before the new group of volunteers arrived.
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