February 11 is Youth Day where all the children from the schools in the area march in a parade wearing their school uniforms, which come in almost every color. I even saw a school in hot pink:
It started with the primary schools, and then went to the older kids. Many of the schools had clubs that paraded together – the most popular were dance, non-violence, scouts, English, and integrity clubs. The dance clubs usually had more elaborate outfits always consisting of socks, silly hats, and mini hula-hoops:
And what Youth Parade would be complete without a finale of adults parading for the president’s political party (below). You can see the president of Cameroon’s face on the pagne they are all sporting.
And no Cameroonian event is complete without throwing money at dancers, although usually bills are stuck on the dancer’s sweaty forehead:
The final dance:
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