Last year the altar was also burned, although not intentionally
For the second year in a row, the large altar on top of the Quiosco de San Juan Cosalá was set on fire. Photo: Courtesy.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía: For the second consecutive year, the Day of the Dead monumental altar on the Kiosk of San Juan Cosalá was set on fire, although this year, unlike last year, the blaze was caused intentionally, according to Luis Guzmán coordinator of the November 1 «Paseo de las Ánimas» event.
Although the identity of the culprits is known, their names have not yet been officially released, said one of the participants of the «Paseo de las Ánimas» who preferred to remain anonymous. Furthermore, according to Luis Guzmán, the organizers were unaware of the fire that broke out in the early hours of November 2nd until the following morning.
«This is not only an offense to me and my team, but to the entire community, since it was the residents themselves who helped to decorate and make the festival a reality,» Guzmán explained, dismayed by the situation.
According to Guzmán ‘s version, all possible precautions were taken and he and his team checked everything before leaving because of their experience of the accidental fire at the last festival caused by a candle that set fire to the altar.
«I personally extinguished all the candles, I made sure that nothing was left burning and regarding the wires, we did not leave a single one, precisely wanting to avoid any kind of short circuit, we checked everything; this, sadly, was intentional,» said Luis, via telephone to Semanario Laguna.
Thus the work of the residents of San Juan Cosalá, which took approximately two weeks to cover the entire Quisco de flores de Cempasuchil, was reduced to ashes in a single night.
According to an anonymous source, the people who caused the fire are already known by the people of San Juan Cosalá themselves. Since the complaint was made unofficially, the suspects are presumed to be public servants whose motive for setting fire to the offering is also unknown.
A meeting will be held at the offices of the delegation between the organizers of the festivity, who are seeking to reveal the culprits so that the events do not happen again. The meeting is scheduled for on Friday, November 5, around 7:00 p.m.
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan.
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