Sunday 1st April 2018.....well I fooled at least two of you!!!!!!

You can see from the comments section that I fooled Dee and then there was this blonde woman from Texas who is my tennis partner got her too!!!!

Today is a special day here in town....

Every church in town will have a special Easter morning mass, of course. And then, as the people pour out of the churches, the bells will begin. And the tolling will go on and on until you think the stones will be shaken right out of the street. Then everyone goes home for a feast.

The Firing of the Judases

The most light-hearted event of Holy Week takes place at noon of Easter Sunday in San Miguel. Big, brightly colored six-foot-high figures of papier maché and crepe paper are strung on ropes across Calle San Francisco on the north side of the Jardín. Although they are meant to represent the hated betrayer of Christ, Judas Iscariot, nowadays they are more comical characters and effigies of unpopular politicians and other authority figures. As many as two dozen of them will be strung on the ropes.
Fireworks are wrapped around the waists of these hapless fellows (and the odd female, too). The fuses are lit and the fireworks begin to pop, setting each other off in a chain reaction. As they explode, the figures seem to be dancing. They jerk and writhe (hmmm, suffering the fires of Hell, perhaps?) Kids laugh and squeal, everyone covers their ears. 

Finally, with a great bang a Judas explodes, then another and another. Arms and legs go flying in every direction. Kids (and adults, too) scramble on the cobblestones to pick up the pieces, like children grabbing at the candies that fall from a piñata. It's a point of pride to go home with a papier maché arm, a leg, or—if you are quick and really lucky—a ghoulishly disembodied head.
The tradition of the Judases goes back to colonial times, brought to the New World by the priests from Spain to teach the people about Judas' betrayal of Christ. They were meant to give quite visible and tangible proof that you never really get away with that sort of bad behavior. There are consequences.
But this is Mexico, and no one wants to be serious today. So once mass is over, Easter in San Miguel is for fun, family and food.

Enjoy the photos the crowds were amazing no problems at all..the sun was hot and the fun immense!!!!




I just liked this shot....

I guess you can all tell who this is...when he was blown up the cheers were thunderous!!!





Some could not take the noise like Gracie....



Lovely Jacaranda tree on the way home....


I have to admit I have never seen anything quite like this.....only in Mexico!!!!

Yashi Kochi!!!