Matthew Power [1974-2014] was an award-winning freelance print and radio journalist and a contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine.

Mexico's Fireworks Capital

Men's Journal  |  July 2012

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... I had been told that Tultepec's annual burning of the bulls was like Pamplona's annual running of the bulls, with flames and explosions in place of goring and trampling, but I have only the faintest notion of what I am in for. I have no clue that I'll soon need to dredge up my fading high school Spanish to translate the following: "Disculpe, señor, tu camisa está en fuego." (Pardon me sir, but your shirt is on fire.) ... [read here]

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