On the Puerto Vallarta’s lively oceanfront promenade, a crowd gathers to watch the  violators  (flier s) in action. A drum beats dra­matically as four young men in native costume, ropes attached to their waists, drop head first from the top of a 100-foot column. Orbiting the pole in widening circles as the ropes unwind, they spiral down gradually.

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