The famous Voladores de Papantla, the Papantla Flyers, climb up the pole to perform their ancient Mesoamerican ceremony in the Jardin Allende during the week long fiesta of the patron saint Saint Michael in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

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Location: San Miguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico
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