Rincon de Romos fair (Descriptive essay- exam)

       What is a fair? A fair is a traditional celebration here in Mexico. In my town Rincon de Romos which is located in the north of Aguascalientes state, this celebration is in January, and it is a religious fair, so it consists of pilgrimages, series of masses, and dances because t is for bearing tribute to the parish church patron saint.

      The aspect I like the most of this fair is the pilgrimages because the environment is grand. The first one consists of changing to the patron saint from his sanctuary to the principal church; therefore, people decorate the streets where the patron saint is going to saunter, with flower adornments, and decorative paper from side to side f the streets, also in some of these streets people make some representative scene of the Bible. Some of them are really beautiful, so when people look at them, feel a pleasant feeling. Moreover, in this pilgrimage many people stroll barefoot in order to fulfill a promise. Also, young people make a fence around the patron saint, and they sing religious songs.

         Another aspect that is very important in this fair is the series of masses offer to the patron saint. As I mentioned before it is religious fair because it is dedicated to “el señor de las Angustias”, and as people in this town are very believer make mass all day for nine days. People make this because they feel that it is a way to give thanks to their patron saint. I used to go to the first mass at 6ó clock, I like it because people sing beautiful religious songs and it makes me feel an internal serenity. Besides, this mass is special because the priest allows people make their claims aloud, so it becomes the environment comfortable and confidence.

          A beautiful tradition of this fair is the Matlachines dance. This dance is characteristic of my down because just here there is this kind of dance which is a dance where the clothes are handmade so people feel identified with it. Even there are people who go out to the fair only to glance at this dance even when they have seen it several times. Besides, when you go out and look at the people who are watching this dance you can see their pleasant expression. It is amazing when you see children dancing because even when there are a lot of modern distractions or sport activities they are interested of being part of their town traditions.

          In conclusion, I really like my town fair because I consider that this kind of traditions are those that make us a multicultural country. And the fair of Rincon de Romos is an excellent example of representation because in this, you can find the typical religious tradition that characterize us, such as pilgrims, traditional dances, and series of masses; thus, they feel proud of being Mexican when I can take part of this tradition.