Patron Saint Procession

Last week my town celebrated its patron saint day with five days of processions, fireworks, and really loud music. Each night until midnight the church’s speakers blasted the mass. It literally was the sermon on the mount: the incredible volume ricocheted off the mountains of my site so that the whole thing was heard in stereo.



When the celebrations finally ended, I asked people who the patron saint of January 15 is, but nobody knew!


Here is a video of the procession as it passed by my house. Watch until the end to get the full effect of the firecrackers. Turn up the volume on your computer, and know that I was partially deaf for an hour after filming this.