What an experience today. It is the 300th anniversary of one
of the town’s (Jocotepec) churches and they have thrown an all week party
(fireworks and bands at 0600 sharp and various times during the day and night)
with today being the Grande Finale.
Today we watched a HUGE Cross be removed from the
alter by 8 or so guys on scaffold with chain hoists and block and tackle and
taken to a huge truck by 15 or so sweating guys.
They do this every year. And the other churches do it to for their guy! Huge parade with Mariachis (2 bands) 4 or 5 huge Aztec dance groups. Local bands. All girl drum corps. Parade lasted 3 hours from the time it left the Church until the Cross arrived back. Lots of dead time between groups though. They moved ALL of the pews from the church to outside. When the cross returned, every bell in town rang constantly. Fireworks shot off yards from, and the middle of, the crowd. Then a Mass outside the church.
They do this every year. And the other churches do it to for their guy! Huge parade with Mariachis (2 bands) 4 or 5 huge Aztec dance groups. Local bands. All girl drum corps. Parade lasted 3 hours from the time it left the Church until the Cross arrived back. Lots of dead time between groups though. They moved ALL of the pews from the church to outside. When the cross returned, every bell in town rang constantly. Fireworks shot off yards from, and the middle of, the crowd. Then a Mass outside the church.
Some videos:
Thousands of people in this little town were in the
square. Never heard a word of English or saw a gringo. Everyone smiled and was
nice to us. No one was drunk or loud. Only cops we saw were 2 or 3 clearing the
parade route. Families having a blast with their kids. I genuinely choked up at
the beauty and reverence of all those people. It is 2245 and the grand finale fireworks are going off.
I’ll post some videos later but it will take days to upload them to You Tube. It will worth checking back.
The Mexico hits keep on rolling.
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