Ajijic bull riding rodeo up in the mountains of Mexico - 2018

Yes we went to the Ajijic rodeo (Day of The Charro) in the mountains of Mexico as we are staying here for the summer heat relief. This video is of the pre-rodeo parade in the Ajijic town square. 

September 2018- s\v Elegant'sea is currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
September 2018- We are now currently in Ajijic which is a town by Lake Chapala, Mexico house sitting.

The Ajijic pre-rodeo parade.

 

 

Waiting for the bull rider, good band etc.

These young ladies are "las charras", the female version to the "el charro" - 

they practice riding with hobby horses until they are older for the live version!

This is the sombrero ceremony - they receive a sombrero 
as a sign that they are ready to progress in their horse training.

The bull rider just fell off the bull and the bull is chasing him. 
Then they get the bull back in the coral.

 The duo!

 Debbie with the Mexican Independence Day ribbon in her hair 😍

 Some of the Charro's waiting to enter the ring.

 This guy was having a hard time getting on the back of the bull. 

 A couple of little cuties in the stands.

I tried the popcorn served up Mexican style. It has hot sauce on top with salt, and lime. They offer other hot sauces also but I declined.. Kinda messy. No butter. It was surprisingly OK or possibly good.I still prefer butter and salt though 😋