The first Friday in March is a world wide event celebrating the arrival of spring.
The event in beautiful downtown Catemaco, Veracruz is absolutely nothing special except for the inheritance of the dead Gonzalo Gueixpal´s black masses propelling of Catemaco´s brujos to the forefront of worldwide publicity.
Yes, the area is haunted by auras of spiritual powers, especially within its political hallows, where evoking a favorite dead politician is still the norm.The mostly mestizo population of Catemaco, 42,500 out of 43,000 has as much in common with its indigenous ancestry as any recently arrived Gringo.
Forgotten original native populations of the southern Los Tuxtlas, who have now been relegated to a micro region called Las Olmecas, still profess, practice and live mysticism on a daily basis, which has absolutely no relation to the trash that is portrayed on the tourist streets of Catemaco as indigenous wisdom.
Nevertheless, just because Mickey Mouse never existed does not mean that Disney World is a fraud. Catemaco DOES have a publicized history of witchcraft (brujos).
Any enterpreneur would take advantage of this situation. If this were the good old USA, there would be brujo breakfasts, brujo over flights of Los Tuxtlas, brujo dive tours of the Laguna and coast, brujo table dancers, brujo weekend packages for less than a day´s stay at La Finca, brujo weddings, and municipal politicians aligned on every road instead of brujo shills.
Any enterpreneur would take advantage of this situation. If this were the good old USA, there would be brujo breakfasts, brujo over flights of Los Tuxtlas, brujo dive tours of the Laguna and coast, brujo table dancers, brujo weekend packages for less than a day´s stay at La Finca, brujo weddings, and municipal politicians aligned on every road instead of brujo shills.
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