January 26th is Republic Day in India. It is a huge celebration throughout the country that commemorates the signing of the Constitution of India. In Delhi there is a huge parade from the president's palace to and old fort (you can read all about the parade in the link above). Military regiments from all over India come in their dress uniforms to march in the celebration. When we were driving from Delhi to Panipat we passed by a regiment on camels making their way to town. They had the most incredibly awesome moustaches. Unfortunately we weren't able to snap any pictures.
Here in Panipat there was music and celebrating in the streets. The company Jeff is working with had their own parade and in the days leading up to Republic Day spent a great deal of time working on their floats. We weren't able to attend the parade, but we did see the floats in the company's township the day after the parade. Our particular favorite was this peacock, as the employees who were supposed to be helping Jeff and his coworkers spent many work hours creating it.
Something you may not know (at least we didn't know it): peacocks are the national bird of India and you often see them walking along the side of the road.
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