Mexican town Tultepek each year is the venue for the national pyrotechnic festival (Feria Nacional de la Pirotecnia Tultepec), which brings together both producers and a large number of pyromaniac.
By the usual rides, catering establishments and other entertainment, the inherent almost all festivals on the 9th five day festival in Tultepeke added also various pyrotechnic show and fireworks, which are the key events and colorful holiday.
One of the most extreme entertainment festival is a competition "Castillos" ("Castles") for nearly two weeks, participants are building castles in the whole paper and wood (not forgetting, of course, about the fireworks), which are then mounted on the platform and on the day of the contest trafficked through the city streets, explosions and flashing lights. Who visited the festival American photographer Thomas Prior captures some moments of extreme pyrotechnic competition:
