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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Fiesta de la Candelaria

Estoy en Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, Mexico. Aqui todos los años hay una fiesta grande en que sueltan seis toros en la calle, y las personas tienen que correr para evitar el toro, o cuando el toro para, las personas provocan el toro atacar mas. Tambien hay mucha musica folklorica de los jaraneros, una tradición jarocha (del estado de Veracruz). Además hay muchas presentaciónes, actividades y comida tradicional de la región. Todo el mundo me dijeron que no perder esta fiesta. Por eso, regresé del Catemaco a Tlacotalpan en un dia. Corrí cien kilometros para llegar en el mismo dia para ver los toros en el dia siguiente.
I am in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, Mexico. Every year here there is a great festival in which they set loose six bulls in the streets, and people have to run to avoid the charging bulls, and when the bull stops, people provoke the bull to charge and run again. Also, the festival includes a coming together of hundreds of jaraneros and dicimistas, which are guitar folk bands and people who recite rhyming verses. In addition, throughout the festival, which runs from Jan 31 to Feb 9, there are many cultural presentations, activities and food representative of the region. I came back for the festival from Catemaco, biking 62 miles in one day through the hills of this region to arrive the day before they set loose the bulls.

1 comment:

MJ said...

Hi PJ

Good to hear from you and the news of the festival. Hope things are going well . We hadn't heard from you in awhile and wasn't sure where you were at this point.
Sounds like a beautiful festival.
Looking foreward to more updates.

Peace , and love , MOM