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Lempira Day is a dream day for the little boys! They get to dress up asIndians, smear oil andpaint on their bodies and carryweapons around. (I imagine the thrill is a bit less for the teen boys.) After the parade, there's a re-enactment of the life of Chief Lempira staged at the park, and some of the boy Indians take part in this action, as well. I was tickled by the fact that everyone calls the re-enactment "the killing of Lempira." So people said things to us, as we werewalking in the direction of the park, like, "Are you going to go see them kill Lempira?" and "If you hurry, you might get to see them kill Lempira." I don't... [via Sowers4pastors]