The rocket season is in full swing as we go from November’s Revolution Day to Ajijic’s fiesta of San Andres (nine days), to the Christmas posadas that begin on December 16, through Three Kings Day and Dia de San Antonio in January and on to Candlemas Day in February. Oops, I forgot the December 12 celebrations for Our Lady of Guadalupe, who appeared in a vision to humble peasant Juan Diego way back in 1531.
Each of these dates – and lots of other excuses – will carry the rocket season through till spring and Holy Cross Day in May when construction crews compete with each other to see how many rockets they can set off in 24 hours (it was in the hundreds last year in my neighborhood).
The municipality of Chapala has put out an edict that anyone setting off rockets that are not connected to a religious event will be prosecuted. So it’s come to this – only the church is allowed to have gunpowder. Get ear plugs for yourself and tranquilizers for your animals … or vice-versa.
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