Plumeau1 Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Hi folks, sorry to barge in like this what is it with all the cohetes during the night did someone got their foot stock on the cohetes switch for a moment I thought The policia were after the cartels are we celebrating a saint that I did no know about Would someone please explain thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartTraveller Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Non stop fiestas! http://www.ajijicnews.com/pages/nov_dec_fiestas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Given the volume, today might be the builders/contractors day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsnob Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Boy am I glad Chicka and I are at the beach until the festival is all over.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adolphsj Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 The cohetes were fun the first few years....also loving the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the walkers Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 This year has been relatively tame. Used to be cohetes from 5am and throughout the day so you couldn't even take a siesta. And much louder, with earplugs and windows closed they would still be heard. Think they've gone from M200's to M80's. And deafening music until 4am. My Mexican friends say that there are fewer people this year and speculate that Mexican relatives who usually come down to their hometown for the festivities are staying put because they worry about re-entry to the USA. We'll all be glad when it's over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrbower Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 In case you really don't know, this fiesta is the eleven day AJIJIC patron saint fiesta de San Andres (Andrew) and we have three more days to endure...enjoy. Every town has a patron saint but This area really loves to celebrate with cohetes and castillos, loud music and carnival rides. Other towns do it differently but all celebrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 The construction guys build this huge castillo and set it off around 10PM. Has that happened yet? Always worth a watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 58 minutes ago, barrbower said: In case you really don't know, this fiesta is the eleven day AJIJIC patron saint fiesta de San Andres (Andrew) and we have three more days to endure...enjoy. Every town has a patron saint but This area really loves to celebrate with cohetes and castillos, loud music and carnival rides. Other towns do it differently but all celebrate. The Ajijic fiestas patronales are really only 9 days--it's the novena (nine days) leading up to the actual feast day of San Andrés. Starts on the 22nd and ends on the 30th, his feast. If you haven't gone to the Ajijic plaza for an evening of celebration, it's absolutely the best thing all year. Don't miss it--go around 9PM, have a bowl of pozole or some tacos, and stay for the castillo sometime between 10 and 11PM. There's a castillo every night! Next is the novena for Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, which starts on Dec. 3 and ends on her feast day, Dec. 12. You'll experience cohetes and music in the streets in the before-dawn hours and at different times throughout the day and evening, but nothing like what is going on now during the fiestas patronales. Following that is the novena before Christmas, celebrated in Mexico as Las Posadas. That novena starts on Dec. 16 and ends on the night of Dec. 24. There will be more parties in homes and restaurants, lots of piñatas, and religious celebration with pilgrimages. Then, of course, comes New Year's Eve. In Ajijic, it's traditionally celebrated with late-night Mass, followed by all-night parties in the streets, including bonfires, carne asada parties, lots of eating and drinking, and general revelry until dawn. After New Year's Eve, you can get some sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bennie2 Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 its 2 months of explosions all night untill 2nd week jan. i get them all day long its a sport. again in feb. for a week, again for easter maybe 8 days. this is what they do for recreation. btw, the border is wide open as the US is under the same administration. sob story rumors unnecessary. anyone can comedown for the explosion party & go home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopsy Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Yes, my friend just told me that today is contractor's day and that's why there is more noise. They work hard to impress. She said that they have the best music and best castillo and people from all up and down the lake come on contractor's day. In for a fun night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ficklepie Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Castillos have started on the dot at 10:00 this year except for the first night, which started 15 minutes later. It's all over by 10:15, so don't be late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezerk Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Great pictures!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheldon Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Besides all of this things. In this Beautiful Country, if you are celebrating a private party like a wedding or a birthday, and have the money to buy cohetes, you are free to burn cohetes....enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colliju Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 The noise is definitely reduced overall this year in my neighborhood. The housekeeper said it is because of the church padre. She said he doesn't approve of loud music and excessive cohetes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 And yet they are so loud this year I've been hearing them for days way out here in Riberas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barcelonaman Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Ten minute salvo at 5.30 this morning in SAT. I know we cant change things but 5.30 is a bit early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 'Twas ever thus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Friends of mine who moved to Ajijic shortly before the fiestas patronales about 20 years ago, had no idea that the fiestas even existed. Their first night in their new home in the village, they were awakened around midnight by a barrage of cohetes. One of them sat bolt upright in bed and cried out in fear, "This isn't Mexico! This is (expletive deleted) BEIRUT!" We still laugh about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suegarn Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 You should move out to West Ajijic. It's much quieter out here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 suegarn, be careful of what you suggest..... it may come true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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