A female “Voladores” performer fatally fell from a 30-yard-high pole in Puebla, Mexico, on Saturday. The rest of the festivities have been cancelled.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
The voladores, or flyers in English, are generally four performers who climb up the pole and tie themselves to ropes twisted around the pole; they then leap outwards and descend through the air, moving in circles as the rope unwinds.which originated as a spiritual observance, is also performed in Puebla.
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