Cohetes

O.k, does anyone know why the church shoots off so many cohetes? I've heard rumors, opinions and speculation but nothing definitive. Anyone got the goods?

Probably need to ask the priest himself, for a definitive answer........

To wake up the dead   

Yesterday was nearly a cohete free day!

Not in Chapala at 6am or so.

I heard it was the beginnings of the Mexican Space Program. Basic Rocketry - then on to the stars..............

Because they can.

some people believe it's better to buy CUETES then buy TEQUILA

The word is "Cohetes."

Cuates, cuetes y cohetes!

WHATEVER...

gvprod wrote:some people believe it's better to buy CUETES then buy TEQUILA

Whar kind of people are those??         ....not my kind.  

Thanks for your lack of caring gvprod. After all, why should we learn a new language at our age? It reminded me of this:

Q: What's the difference between ignorance and indifference?
A: I don't know and I don't care.

I thought it was to get the "faithful" vertical and out for 8 am mass. Could be a Jesuit thing.

We are near the corner of Donato Guerra and Constitution and it seems this year that there are several family compounds around us participating in the cohete volleys. When you hear the tuba you get a bang.

None of the noise bothers us its all just part of the living.

David wrote:Thanks for your lack of caring gvprod.  After all, why should we learn a new language at our age?  It reminded me of this:

Q: What's the difference between ignorance and indifference?
A: I don't know and I don't care.

Maybe he responded to what he perceived as a judgmental attitude.

CanuckBob wrote:Probably need to ask the priest himself, for a definitive answer........

I agree, and since my Spanish speaking skills are woefully lacking I'm wondering if any of our Spanish speaking members might take the time to ask a priest.  I really do want to know and would appreciate it.  Tx

The cohetes are to drive the complaining gringos back to where they came from. This is Mexico.

¡Viva!
 

quote] Maybe he responded to what he perceived as a judgmental attitude.  [/quote]
Maybe I responded to his lack of respect.

David wrote:Maybe I responded to his lack of respect.

Whatever.

David wrote:The word is "Cohetes."

It is, but cuete is colloquially used throughout Mexico to signify cohete.  Google cuete and you'll see what I mean.

I saw on documentary on Chiapas. One of the reasons for the general unrest was a disruption of the religious business, setup by the Catholics over 100's of years. The candles, the cohetes, everything, had to be purchased from locally approved sources. The micro-economy depended on it. The Evangelists changed all that - probably unknowingly, and gave away of lot of things to get warm bodies into their pews. This also appealed to the disenfranchised, who could never be accepted into the micro-economy as approved vendors.

casi nada wrote:

David wrote:The word is "Cohetes."

It is, but cuete is colloquially used throughout Mexico to signify cohete.  Google cuete and you'll see what I mean.

Plus it should be spelled 'cohetes' seeing that it is a common, not proper noun.

@David, I guess the teachers in Ajijic back in the 60's did not know what they were doing. I actually learned Spanish back in the 60's in Ajijic public schools. We always called them cuetes. And I will continue to call them cuetes.

You Sir, can call them anything you want.