If you want an up close and personal fireworks experience, come to Oaxaca. Of course, there are no guarantees you won’t find yourself in the line of fire. No barricades, no yellow caution tape, no police! I’ve seen hair singed, had a friend get pinhole burns on the inside of his glasses, and last night a projectile came careening toward us and had me ducking for cover. However, as the saying goes, “no harm, no foul” and the spectacle was espectacular!
It began with 45+ minutes of the quema de toritos and angelitos.
They were followed by a spectacular castillo, a “firefall,” and traditional fireworks exploding against a clear black sky.
Late Tuesday night during this week’s fiesta honoring la Preciosa Sangre de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo. It was a fabulous — well worth spending the night in Teotitlán and staying up way past my bedtime!
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View From Casita Colibrí 
This is an extremely dangerous business in Oaxaca.
Check out this google search page.
https://www.google.com.mx/search?q=cohetes+lesionados+oaxaca&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=wHKeVdeeGoWzogTyqq3YBg
or google ‘cohetes lesionados oaxaca”
Yes it is.
Wow, great video Shannon. It looks exceedingly dangerous but also intoxicatingly beautiful.
Both!
Those are truly amazing fireworks….
The best toritos and castillo I’ve seen!
Great movie! That large castillo wheel was the best I’ve seen. The only fireworks we saw this year were on the “Capitol 4th,” and as we know, even if we were actually there, the experience is nothing like this!
A burn ban was in effect in Alaska during the 4th (some places it still is) but fireworks are not very exciting anyway, as it’s not dark. New Year’s is much better.
It may not have been the tallest castillo I’ve seen, but the center wheel and the two side wheels made for an amazing site!