Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

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Annual Donkey Fair in Otumba attracts up to 40,000

This is a place where every donkey will have its day - a small town just north of Mexico City that gives the beasts of burden a chance on May Day to kick up their hooves.

The annual donkey fair in Otumba attracts up to 40,000 people who come to see the animals compete in costumes and race around a track with jockeys on their backs. Tourists squeeze through the jammed fairgrounds wearing donkey ears and munching on classic fair cuisine, including the local version of burritos - a dish popular both north and south of the Mexican border that borrows . . .

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