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On the slopes of Popocatepetl volcano - pilgrims in Mexico annual trek up to make offerings

Friday 14 March 2014 13:35 GMT

Every year hundreds of pilgrims head out from the towns of Santiago Xalintzintla, Tlamacas and San Nicolas de Los Ranchos in van and trucks to drive, then walk up the 17,886-foot (5,450-meter) volcano for their day long celebration

In pictures: On the slopes of Popocatepetl volcano - pilgrims in Mexico annual trek up to make offerings

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In pictures: On the slopes of Popocatepetl volcano - pilgrims in Mexico annual trek up to make offerings

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Every year hundreds of pilgrims head out from the towns of Santiago Xalintzintla, Tlamacas and San Nicolas de Los Ranchos in van and trucks to drive, then walk up the 17,886-foot (5,450-meter) volcano for their day long celebration

In pictures: On the slopes of Popocatepetl volcano - pilgrims in Mexico annual trek up to make offerings

Mexico

Participants bring grapes, corn, watermelon, chicken and tequila hoping to appease 'Don Goyo' as they call the mountain, from the Nahuatl language

In pictures: On the slopes of Popocatepetl volcano - pilgrims in Mexico annual trek up to make offerings

Mexico

People celebrate the day of Don Gregorio Chino Popocatepetl, as the volcano is known to them, with food, music, dance and fireworks

In pictures: On the slopes of Popocatepetl volcano - pilgrims in Mexico annual trek up to make offerings

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People from the villages surrounding the Popocatepetl volcano make their yearly pilgrimage up the volcano in Mexico

In pictures: On the slopes of Popocatepetl volcano - pilgrims in Mexico annual trek up to make offerings

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People who live in nearby villages dance on the slope of the of the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico

In pictures: On the slopes of Popocatepetl volcano - pilgrims in Mexico annual trek up to make offerings

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A man plays the tuba during the yearly pilgrimage on the slopes of the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico

In pictures: On the slopes of Popocatepetl volcano - pilgrims in Mexico annual trek up to make offerings

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Musicians with clarinets, a trombone, a tuba and drums play as pilgrims participate in hours of song, prayers, fireworks and dancing

In pictures: On the slopes of Popocatepetl volcano - pilgrims in Mexico annual trek up to make offerings

Mexico

People participate in a ceremony on a rock formation on the slopes of the Popocatepetl volcano to make offerings and play music in asking the mountain to spare them from eruptions

In pictures: On the slopes of Popocatepetl volcano - pilgrims in Mexico annual trek up to make offerings

Mexico

A villagers blows on a conch shell during a ceremony on a rock formation on the slopes of the Popocatepetl volcano

In pictures: On the slopes of Popocatepetl volcano - pilgrims in Mexico annual trek up to make offerings

Mexico

An offering of food and drink is placed during a ceremony on the slopes of the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico

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