Fill in the Blanks Cuenca Online version Read and fill in the gaps . by Miryam Silvana Ushiña Chuquimarca 1 participate carried includes takes continues combines place means lasts is Festivals in Cuenca Cuenca's Christmas Eve Pase del Niño parade , or the Procession of the Child , a colorful mixture of the religious and the profane . It is a festival of thanksgiving that Catholic and indigenous traditions . The parade usually more than eight hours , and it floats and cars decorated with flowers , fruits and vegetables . Bands , dancers , street performers , and various Biblical characters , and the infant Jesus is through towns and villages . The parade on Christmas Eve but the Pase del Niño celebration begins the first Sunday after Advent and until Carnival in March . Besides this celebration , Christ - mas in Cuenca also nightly firework shows , concerts , and craft sales .
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