The cowboys
Incredible sight! Mucho horse poop! They all rode through the arches made of flowers, cane, and yucca right up to the cathedral.
These guys really looked like they rode in from the campo (country).
In front of the church they stayed on their horses while a priest came out and conducted a mass in Spanish on the front steps for them. In all it lasted nearly an hour.
Then they all rode out.
The white part of the arches is made from the base of a plant.
Below is a mojigange which is a large "puppet" with a person inside.
They can be seen often down in the plaza. This picture is not in San Miguel but it gives you an idea of the size!
Later on this guy was hanging out in the plaza too. I think he let's you sit on his donkey for pictures in exchange for a few pesos.
Yet another exciting event during the fiesta was the exploding dolls made of paper mâché and stuffed with gunpowder or firecrackers. It was really loud!
Exploding dolls
The whole fiesta kicks off with a fireworks battle in the town square which started at 3am and went until 4 am. I did not attend since I was told it is a crazy and hazardous affair during which young men run all over shooting Fireworks at each other to reenact the battle to throw Lucifer out of heaven.
Here is a link to this years "battle" taken from the church's side. It's kinda long but just try to imagine this going on for a least an hour.
Fireworks battle between the angels and the devil
I woke up due to all the extremely loud fireworks and watched it all on the live webcam that streams from the plaza. Here's the link if you want to see what's going on there right now!
Live webcam in San Miguel de Allende
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