Mexican Pyrotechnics Day

We got to see two Mexican Independence festivals. Tlaquepaque's was deferred one day to not coincide with Guadalajara's.



In this series, you see one of the Castillos go up. First, a variety of fireworks blow up the tower's sides. For the climax, the top of the tower opens up into a lotus, from which a spinning halo (small ring in third picture) lifts off and floats like a UFO up into the sky, showering sparks. At it's apex, a final explosion.