LOUD EXPLOSIVE FIREWORKS HAD BEEN GOING OFF PERIODICALLY SINCE WE ARRIVED IN OAXACA.THE MANAGER OF THE HOTEL ASSURED ME IT WASN'T THE LOCAL ZAPATISTA REBELS DOING THEIR THING BUT A SIGNAL TO LAZY CATHOLICS THAT MASS WAS ABOUT TO START SO GET YOUR CONSCIENCES INTO ACTION.WELL LAST NIGHT THE FIREWORKS GOT MORE FREQUENT AND THE BAND PLAYING SIGNALLED A PROCESH.SO OUT I GO TO JOIN THE CROWD MARCHING WITH TALL PUPPETS(SIMILAR TO BASQUE FIESTAS).AT THE HELM ON A TRUCK IS A PRIEST.THE PROCESSION CICLED INNER OAXACA A COUPLE OF TIMES BRINGING TRAFFIC TO A STANDSTILL AS THEY STOPPED TO DRINK COFFEE AND EAT SNACKS.THE ARRIVAL OF A NEW PARISH PRIEST I THINK!!
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