And what was also surprising was the amount of clothing they wore, too. The average market square in Fillydelphia saw merchants in colorful hats, maybe, while longshorepones favored heavy coats as protection against the wind and the spray of water, to say nothing of the rain, but for the most part, Equestrians didn't dress up much unless it was a special occasion or they were particularly well-to-do. After all, nopony wanted to sweat doubly from their clothes as from their labors. Meanwhile, here were hundreds of batponies wearing colorful, elaborate costumes that wouldn't look out of place at a smaller village's Maypole festival.