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6th Taxco, Guerrero - Day of Our Lord of Xalpa
This religious event includes colourful local Indian dances like
Los Tlacololeros, Santiagos, Diablos and Pescaderos.
First weekend Lake Catemaco, Veracruz - Annual Witch Congress
(Brujas)
Shamans, white witches, black witches, and practitioners of macumba,
Caribbean, Afro, and Antillean ritualistic practices gather on the
shores of the lake Catemaco.
17th St Patrick’s Day (Día de San Patricio)
Towns named after San Patricio, like Jalisco's San Patricio Melaque,
celebrate this day with bullfights, fiestas, and fireworks. This
day has special significance in Mexico. It is one of the two days
that Mexicans pay tribute to the soldiers who were hung by the US
Army for deserting and defecting to the Mexican Army during the
Mexican-American War known as the San Patricio Battalion.
18th Anniversary of Expropriation of foreign Oil Companies
Commemoration of the historical resolution of 18 May 1938 by President
Lazaro Cardenas against the exploitation of the Mexican workers
in the oil industry by foreign companies recognised as a brave action
which strengthened the Mexican nationalist spirit.
17th to 21st - Cumbre Tajin, Veracruz
This Festival takes place near the impressive pyramids and ball
courts of El Tajin, one of Mexico's least visited yet most intriguing
archaeological sites. It translates as the " Summit Tajin"
and this is a festival of the arts, craftsmanship, culture and customs
of Totonac Indians who have occupied this region since pre-Columbian
times. A few days of non-stop entertainment with music, dance, art,
traditional healing, story telling, cooking, adventure sports and
ritual.
21st Benito Juarez' Birthday
Birth date of Benito Juárez, one of Mexico's most revered
rulers. A poor Zapotec Indian from Oaxaca, Juarez became one of
the most honoured of Mexican presidents. Juarez’s birthday
is widely celebrated with parties, dances and music throughout the
whole country but especially in his hometown.
21st Spring Equinox
The first day of spring. Celebrated with prayers to the elements
and festivals, people usually wear white with red ribbons. The archaeological
sites where temples were built to mark the change of the seasons
and host fertility rituals are very crowded between the 20th and
the 22nd and the events offer a unique experience. In Chichen Itza
the setting sun marks a long shadow crawling down the huge pyramid
of the Castillo: it’s the body of one of the main Mayan gods,
the Feathered Serpent, going to reach its head, carved in stone
at the base of the Pyramid. This event is the most dramatic display
of Mayan astronomical knowledge encoded into architecture.
A week before and after Easter, Tonalá - Jalisco
Ceramics Fair
Annual fair of arts and handicrafts with emphasis on ceramics.
From Palm Sunday to Easter - Holy Week (Semana Santa)
For most Mexicans, this period is the time of year for vacation
(until the week after Easter); therefore this is not the best time
for travelling without having booked in advance. Festivals, parties
and religious events are held everywhere, with live re-enactments
of the last week of the life of Jesus, including Holy Thursday and
Good Friday. In some regions Catholic celebrations are mixed with
pre-Hispanic rituals, for instance among the Tarahumara in Norogachi
(Copper Canyon) the passion of Christ is performed with renewal
and fecundity ritual dances by the painted Pharisees (Pintos).
Mexico City - Xochimilco Festival
This four-day event is held two weeks before Easter in the honour
of Xochipilli, the goddess of flowers, and Maculxochitl, the goddess
of dance. This is the best period to visit this amazing and picturesque
area in the south of the City, famous for its floating gardens.
During the festival a young woman is crowned La Flor Mas Bella del
Ejido (the most beautiful flower of Ejido), and presides over colourful
parades on flower-decorated barges along Xochimilco's canals.
1st Jan to end of March - Whale Watching, Baja California
Sur
This is the time to arrange an expeditions to follow the
Gray Whale migration along Baja California Sur. Amongst the most
famous locations are the Ojo de Liebre lagoon, near Guerrero Negro,
the San Ignacio Lagoon, near the omonimous village, and Madgalena
Bay, a bit further south the Baja Peninsula near Ciudad Constitucion.
Black and Blue Whales can be spotted also in the warm waters of
the sea of Cortez, on the Baja east coast, from November to April.
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