Burning the Bad

Carnaval:
Tuxtepec Style
The first night of Carnaval in Tuxtepec opens with the burning of the witch who represents all the bad feelings from the previous year. All the "mal humór."
We watched and took pictures and OF COURSE I was on the wrong side of the street to get a frontal view. Damn it.
But the witch was stuffed with fireworks so it got exciting and we had to stagger back as the little bottle rockets and sparklers went off.
Then we (the English Dept and friends) went to the Bar That Smells Like a Bar for some after-witch-burning drinkies.