WE MEXICANS are nothing if we are not weird. Here’s a short video I recorded yesterday while walking in the downtown plaza. Maybe this is what the phrase “living large” means.
Or maybe not.
These giants are called mojigangas.
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Who are these guys supposed to be? The Four Wise Men? Cool!
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Ms. Bliss: Not the four wise men. Well, maybe in this instance, but they crop up around here at varying times of the year. Guess I should look up the significance, but I imagine someone will tell us.
They don’t do this in your neck of the Mexican woods?
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Bliss: My wife tells me they represent foreigners who have invaded Mexico in our long history.
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If you’re ever up at the ex-Colegio sometime during Mojiganga practice time, it’s sort of fun to watch them learn to walk on stilts and get costumed.
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Ms. Shoes: Being Mexican, they likely never fall over.LikeLike
I read that this tradition was brought over from Spain. Are there any local celebrations going on where you live that involve giant puppets? You should make the comment section able to upload pictures from your readers. The Purepechas are in town this weekend and there is the promise of some interesting costumes and dances.
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Bonnie: Brought over from Spain could be right, and I think you already can include photos in comments. Just type in the URL.
We’re celebrating, exactly this evening, the annual walkabout town of the local Virgin. Before I moved south I thought there was just one Catholic virgin, but no. They are all over the place.
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