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Mexico Reporter visits the town of Santa Maria Aztahuacan, where residents celebrated the start of Lent with “dancing in the streets, tacos, tequila - and random gunfire.” Tradition has meant that the residents shoot their pistols as a way of showing their joy during the festivities.
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