The Flaming Castle

Inside our barrio's yearly festival for its patron saint, San José

First came the banner draped across the main road which leads into our town. “Festival de San José!” it proclaimed, listing dates for festivities which would last for around one week. The banner itself was rather subdued and not particularly fancy looking, but it heralded a raucous good time. We had learned during November’s Día de Muertos that when our…