The Day of the Construction Workers

Here is a pic of our Construction Crew on the Day of the Holy Cross!

We enjoyed a beer with our Construction Crew on the Day of the Holy Cross! These are the men who are responsible for our new home. Norberto, our builder and architect, is the one in the centre wearing a white T shirt seen with a goatee.

A dramatic volley of thousands of joyful cohetes (skyrockets) shatters the midnight calm on May 3rd each year. Construction crews in every Mexican village shoot off the booming skyrockets to announce the arrival of their feast day, the Day of the Holy Cross or El Dia de Santa Cruz. This macho rivalry between workers continues sporadically all night and for most of the following 24 hours.