Tultepec's 'castles': an art born from Mexico’s fireworks obsession

I have a confession. The first time I heard the oh-so-common sound of bottle rockets going off in Mexico, my first thought was “gunfire.” But, then, I had lived 11 years in Arizona. As should surprise no one, fireworks are an incredibly big business in Mexico. The Mexican government calculates that a staggering 5.87 billion pesos are spent each year in the country on fireworks, just for patron saint days, as it is unthinkable to do without them. But unlike in many other countries, few of Mexico’s pyrotechnics shows are...