The town party of El Alamo started on the 31st of August and will finish on the 5th. The party is complete with bands, bull running, bull fights, procesions, speeches, drinking, and eating. This year the mayor cut the fiestas short by 2 days, which does not make him very popular by all means. The fiestas wouldn't be complete without the "peñas" this is a group of friends who give themselves a name and they usually have some kind of an outfit. They do things together throughout the year, but the party is one of the most important events for them. Juan has a peña, "esto pa'ti" (check out their site--in my links). To start off the party there is a pregon, which is basically a speech. Everyone gathers in the town square and someone gives the speech from the balcony of the city hall. Usually it is a famous person who does this or someone from a peña (Juan did it before), but this year it was the mayor. Since the party was shortened, Juan's peña protested by giving the speech (the pregon) themselves from a different place, see the picture with the city hall painted on the sheet and check out the coffins they made. So there were two speeches going on at the same time and of course it was very loud and some people didn't like that. Nevertheless the party continued....
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