Fiesta de la Guadalupana

Today is the Holy Day of the Virgin Mary here, or as it is called, Fiesta de la Guadalupana. It started at midnight with songs, fireworks and ringing of bells, at the Parroquia de San Miguel Arcangel (5 blocks away), the Parroquia de San Antonio (4-5 blocks in another direction) and the Mercadolganacio Ramirez and the Mercado de San Juan de Dios (all within 5-7 blocks of us in different directions. At 6 am, crazy bell ringing and more fireworks and firecrackers at all of the above places, plus people running in the streets. This will go on all day and evening, with lots of singing, celebrating, the arrival of the procession with the virgin that left at 9am from Puente de Fraile. It is a wonderfully celebratory time preparing for the birth of Jesus Christ. Better than standing in line at WalMart or the Apple Store