Advertisement
X

In Photos: Mexico Fireworks Festival

The celebration, now its 35th year, pays homage to the patron saint of the poor and sick, St. John of God, who the fireworks' producers view as a protective figure.

| Photo: AP/Marco Ugarte

People dance around a giant paper-mache bull stuffed with fireworks as roman candles and bottle rockets shower them with sparks, during the annual festival honoring Saint John of God, in Tultepec, Mexico.

Mexico Fireworks Festival
Mexico Fireworks Festival | Photo: AP/Marco Ugarte

Residents push a giant paper-mache "torito" or bull stuffed with fireworks during a nighttime lighting of bull-shaped figures as part of the annual festival honoring Saint John of God, in Tultepec, Mexico.

Mexico Fireworks Festival
Mexico Fireworks Festival | Photo: AP/Marco Ugarte

People dance near a giant paper-mache bull stuffed with fireworks as roman candles and bottle rockets shower them with sparks, during the annual festival honoring Saint John of God, in Tultepec, Mexico.

Mexico Fireworks Festival
Mexico Fireworks Festival | Photo: AP/Marco Ugarte

A resident pulls a giant paper-mache "torito" or bull stuffed with fireworks during a nighttime lighting of the bull-shaped figures as part of the annual festival honoring Saint John of God, in Tultepec, Mexico.

Mexico Fireworks Festival
Mexico Fireworks Festival | Photo: AP/Marco Ugarte

People dance and dodge a giant paper-mache bull stuffed with fireworks as roman candles and bottle rockets shower them with sparks, during the annual festival honoring Saint John of God, in Tultepec, Mexico.

Mexico Fireworks Festival
Mexico Fireworks Festival | Photo: AP/Marco Ugarte

Residents attend the nighttime lighting of giant paper-mache "toritos" or bulls stuffed with fireworks during the annual festival honoring Saint John of God, in Tultepec, Mexico.

Mexico Fireworks Festival
Mexico Fireworks Festival | Photo: AP/Marco Ugarte

Residents attend the nighttime lighting of giant paper-mache "toritos" or bulls stuffed with fireworks during the annual festival honoring Saint John of God, in Tultepec, Mexico.

Mexico Fireworks Festival
Mexico Fireworks Festival | Photo: AP/Marco Ugarte

People dance before a giant paper-mache bull stuffed with fireworks as roman candles and bottle rockets shower them with sparks, during the annual festival honoring Saint John of God, in Tultepec, Mexico.

Show comments
US