Cockfighting at the Holy Week and Spring Festival in Jerez Zacatecas Mexico.
Holy Week and Spring Festival in Jerez Zacatecas The days before Easter Sunday are also the start of the popular fair one of the largest in Mexico Religious events such as processions with a life like Jesus on the cross exist together with banda music horseback riders public drinking and the traditional Judas burning all on the main streets of the city The fair is also a homecoming for many of Jerez residents who have immigrated and live in the United States Cockfighting is a prominent part of the festival s program It is not illegal in Mexico and is found at most rural fairs
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