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1st Navy Day (Dia de la Marina)
Navy Day is celebrated throughout the Mexican Ports with civic ceremonies,
parades, fishing tournaments, sailing competitions, parties and
fireworks. Celebrations are particularly colourful in some northern
ports, like Topolobampo, and in the Caribbean resort of Playa del
Carmen.
1st - 3rd Cozumel, Quintana Roo - Underwater Dive Show
A world-renowned dive destination because of its vast natural
resources, Cozumel will offer industry professionals the unique
opportunity to explore Mexico’s amazing underwater environment.
The show will include educational seminars, news on dive technology,
equipment information, travel opportunities, new product demonstrations,
and free time for diving.
7th Tlaquepaque, Jalisco - National Ceramics Fair
This pottery centre in the outskirts of Guadalajara hosts Mexico's
National Handicraft Trade Fair, including craft demonstrations,
competitions, and parades. A paradise for buyers of Mexican handicrafts.
Mid June, Corpus Christi
This festival began in 1526 in the then recently created New Spain,
and is a Christian celebration honouring the Body of Christ. Religion
rites and processions are organised by local churchs.
At the archaeological site of El Tajin there are spectacular exhibitions
of the Voladores, the traditional flying pole dancers. In Mexico
City, celebrations take place around the Zocalo, where children
dressed as Natives carry decorated baskets of fruit to the main
Cathedral for blessing.
The typical craft of this day are “mulitas”, little
mules made of corn leaves and decorated with painted pasta. The
mules have become the symbol of this religious event, as it is said
that during the first celebrations of the Corpus Christi, the capital’s
constitution square was invaded by artisans carrying their merchandise
on mules. Today beautiful decorated mulitas are sold by peddlers
all around the Zocalo.
24th St. John the Baptist Feast (Fiesta de San Juan Bautista)
A popular nationwide holiday marked by Serenades, parades, pilgrimages
and fireworks.
29th St. Peter and St. Paul's Day (Día de San Pedro)
This feast day is celebrated nationwide wherever St. Peter is the
patron saint. It's especially festive at San Pedro Tlaquepaque,
near Guadalajara, with mariachi bands, folk dancers, and parades,
and in other indigenous communities like San Juan Chamula (Chiapas)
Purepero (Michoacan) and Zaachila (Oaxaca).
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JANUARY