The church bell starts ringing (incessantly) half an hour before the procession appears. Then the fireworks start. They load and fire off the mortars from the church steps. Ocassional they fire them off in the middle of the procession. This of course takes place in the middle of the busiest market day of the week. Quite a show.
The guys in the bottom picture are the witchdoctors. They treat 65 percent of the population
