Chinelo costume - velvet, feathers, sequins all over
Two chinelo costumes, hats on the ground, waiting to be worn
Monitos on the right below the statue of Ignacio Allende, four castillo firework towers in front of the church
A monita with suckers, candy, tortillas and goodies that will fly in the air for the children when she is blown up
Men assembling the castillos
A pilgrimage on horseback and by foot arrive at the church at 1pm
What it takes to assemble the fireworks towers.
Castillos
Here she goes - rockets are lit and she begins to spin
More monitos, kids waiting for the goodies that will fly and to collect the body parts
The crowd watches
The complexity of a castillo - completely hand made
The spoils
Diablo monito and the bride above the trees
Dolls and clowns
Monito
More goodies on this one
Waiting her turn
Devils and Judas figures
I love the sombrero!
Only a leg left on this one
They caught a head!
Xuchile decoration around a post
Voladores atop the pole. About 75 feet in the air, dancing, playing the flute while the four sitting await the fall backwards
Voladores hats
Pilgrims on foot waiting to enter the church
Pilgrims
Pilgrims on horseback
Waiting at the entrance of the church
Peregrinos
flags of the pueblos
Young boy on horseback
Part from a castillo
The Parroquia
Conchero dancers
Mojigangas - giant puppet figures
Young warrior dancers
San Miguel Archangel and two angelitos
Woman carrying a Xuchile
Dancers
Indians, Skeletons, Devils
Boys carrying Xuchiles
Even the youngest dance
Babies are in costume and walk or are carried
Xuchiles that will be set up against the church
Another San Miguel Archangel with court of angels
Dancers with clanking metal shoes
Beauty Queens
Chinelos
The crowd against the backdrop of the church and castillos
Mojiganga beauty
Elaborate Indio conchero dancers
Feathers, xuchiles, castillos, the church
From inside the Jardin the crowd looks into the street and watchers in windows look down
Police on horseback in Insurgente dress
Man on stilts
Another on stilts
The jester on stilts
Young indians dancing
More dancers
Chinelos with young chinelos
San Migule Archangel and court of angels
More concheros
Chonchera women
Conchero skeleton head dress
Chinelo with torito fireworks figure
Young dancers carrying the neighborhood banner
Grim reaper and indian dancers
Chinelos with the elders
Chinelo
Fabulous masks, head dress and painted faces
Young dad with his daughter
Chinelos and children
Chinelo dancers
Beauty queens
Limpia crew follows the parade route to clean up
Young boy finds a way to see into the parade
