The city went crazy tonight as we switched from November to December. The city has a fairly new tradition of launching fireworks all across the city as midnight strikes and we move to December. I have read a couple different stories and the truth seems to include all of it. It started with Pablo Escobar and the drug cartels, then also includes setting off fireworks given out in paisas (neighborhoods) by the paramilitaries when they were disarmed and disbanded. Here is a short article about it and a video I shot.
http://colombiareports.com/160164-2/
Fireworks are shot off every night, but this night was something else. Things got going around 10pm and peaked at midnight. The staccato explosions of fireworks kept Darien up until late. Near midnight it changed from a rumble to a roar, and I was still hearing explosions at 3am.
I have a longer video that shows a broader sweep of the city, but it's larger than Blogger allows me to post.
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