Well you already know that I love street festivals, etc. so here is yet another one. And how does one create such an event? One needs some sort of sponsoring organization to pay for permits and police, a reason to have this (in this case, a battle fought in Mexico) and vendors to pay for these booths. Et voila, a celebration.
The most important part of any street festival is grilled food on a stick, like corn covered in chili powder, cheese or both. It’s not the sort of everyday food, like the hotdog stand which was on the opposite side of the street, one can only find such special foods here.
The best festivals involve dressing up in some sort of symbolic outfit. These costumed dancers are walking past a wrestling ring, where masked and costumed wrestlers will shortly appear.
The cowboys outfits ranged from elaborate historical recreations to everyday work wear. I think that the gigantic rowels on the spurs are a bit of an overkill (and I feel bad for his horse).
This was not his horse, it was a horse of a different color.
In keeping with the vaquero tradition a mechanical bull was available to play on. As this is a replica, no spurs allowed. (Spurring a bull is a very bad idea.)
I must say the car show (the reason I came to this) was a bust, as there was another show going on at the same time. But there were also beer tents (mandatory for a proper festival), and various booths with social and health information (note to them: too much beer is bad). So it was identical to the many other festivals I have been to, but was a splendid way to spend a sunny afternoon (I did not have to wear spurs, either).
