In many Mexican communities, the community fiesta is paid for by a mayordomo. The post is one of the cargos, unpaid posts of community service that rotate among the members of the community. The holder finances the fiesta, with its food, drink, music and fireworks.
In San Pablo del Monte, the mayordomo covers half the cost, and his componentes, his helpers, share the other half. The town’s mayordomÃas rotate every year among its barrios, so the turn of each barrio comes back after about ten years.