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Events: Easter Sunday - (Domingo de Pascua)
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Mass is said, and the Resurrection glorified, at churches around town. Towards noon, the excitement moves towards the six-foot-tall papier mâché and crepe paper Judas figures strung between the Presidencia Municipal and El Jardín. The Easter tradition originated in colonial times and has been kept alive here for the last sixty years by a local craftsman. Representing hated politicians, persons in authority, even a cartoonish witch in a conical hat, the effigies hang throughout the morning. Around noon, small rockets are lit and, one by one, each figure twists and turns until a loud explosion shreds it into bits of paper and cane. Other communities in Guanajuato state also carry out the tradition.
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