RickS Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 12 minutes ago, tomgates said: Think how much money they would have in retirement accounts if they quit squandering it on fireworks. One man's squandering is another's religion..... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xena Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 No celebration is so traditionally beautiful and joy filled that someone can not judgementally criticize it. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Travis Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 13 hours ago, More Liana said: Cohetes are not home made, with all due respect to Mexconnect. They are made by coheteros; in San Lucas Evangelista, many of the men dedicate themselves to their fabrication--and to the fabrication of castillos. And with all due respect to More Liana, there is also a location in Upper Ajijic where they definitely sell cohetes if not roll them, and they also fabricate the castillos. You see them right in the street getting built, section by section. I know because I live a couple of blocks away. KA-BOOM! 😃 I slept through the whole thing today. Proximity has its virtues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xena Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 28 minutes ago, Travis said: And with all due respect to More Liana, there is also a location in Upper Ajijic where they definitely sell cohetes if not roll them, and they also fabricate the castillos. You see them right in the street getting built, section by section. I know because I live a couple of blocks away. KA-BOOM! 😃 I slept through the whole thing today. Proximity has its virtues. A friend lives across the street from a family that makes cohetes and castillos. Yesterday I saw a large castillo on the street being built for New Year’s Day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dichosalocura Posted December 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 There is a cohete factory in the neighborhood behind Coppel. They had an explosion and a fire there a few years ago where it was rumored that an infant baby died in the fire. But it was strange, living downtown Chapala, I don't remember being bothered much my the cohetes this morning, I just slept through them, I don't even recall even hearing them. This was the quietest Día de Guadalupe I ever remember. So, someone mentioned on here, that it was the bishop that told them to tone it down this year? It would have had to be the bishop in Guadalajara, since Chapala does not have a cathedral, hence does not have a bishop, so did he tell them to go easy on the cohetes all over the state of Jalisco? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMactavish Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 Want to see how brutal the day can be? The scene is in this video filmed yesterday in San Cristobal de las Casas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 Brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 it os a nice city to live in but cold and with non stop fiestas as each barrio takes turn at making lots Andrea lots of noise.. There since it is cold an the cohetes are hot, theu bust your roof tiles as they land . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryB Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 There is a man who attributes his business success to the Virgin and therefore is deeply dedicated to her. He pays for the noise on the 12th. There is a licenced fireworks factory about halfway on the libramento Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudgirl Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 I tell the Mexicans that if the Virgin of Guadalupe were alive, she'd be pissed-off. "I just spent 2 hours getting the baby Jesus to sleep and you f***ers just woke him up again! Thanks a lot". So far they've all thought that was pretty funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 I was in Oaxaca on the 12th. Man, they really whooped it up for this celebration.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Not to hijack the thread but..... MC, did you ride your MOTO all the way to OAXACA!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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