NEIGHBORS OF UPPER AJIJIC’S BARRIO DE SAN SEBASTIÁN CUSTOMARILY UNWIND WITH A FULL DAY OF COMMUNAL FEASTING AND FESTIVITY IN TRIBUTE TO THEIR PATRON SAINT. THIS YEAR THE DATE FALLS ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 20. THE CELEBRATION PEAKS FOLLOWING A COLORFUL AFTERNOON PROCESSION WHEN CROWDS GATHER AROUND 6 P.M. AT THE CORNER OF GALEANA AND VENUSTIANO CARRANZA FOR EL PAPAQUI, FRIVOLOUS MOCK WARFARE IN WHICH PEOPLE PELLET ONE ANOTHER WITH CONFETTI-FILLED EGG SHELLS. A STREET DANCE ROUNDS OUT THE EVENING. SO FAR, THE TRADITIONAL SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES IS NOT CONFIRMED.
