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Día de la Fuerza Naval (Navy Day)* National holiday |
| 3 |
Corpus Christi Day+ - All of Mexico celebrates by blessing
the first fruits. |
| 18 |
Festival de Vainilla (Vanilla Festival) Papantla, Veracruz
Built on a hill overlooking the bright green plains of northern
Veracruz, Papantla is the center of the Totonac culture and
one of the world's largest vanilla producing zones. The festival
hosts indigenous dancers from all over the area performing
the dances of the Quetzales, Negritos, and Voladores (Flying
Dancers). There are booths with regional food and beverages,
small animal figures and baskets woven from vanilla bean pods,
sachets and vanilla essence. |
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Día del Padre (Father’s Day)* |
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Día de San Juan Bautista (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST)+
--Celebrated throughout México with many people taking
the traditional swim at dawn. Native dances are held in Navojoa
Sonora, Guanajuato and Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. |
| 29 |
Santos Apóstoles Pedro y
Pablo (DAY OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL)+ - All of
Mexico celebrates. Mexcaltitan, Nayarit features a race around
the island by a pair of canoes manned by the images of St.
Paul and St. Peter. If St. Peter wins, tradicion and old belief
assure a good shrimp season. |
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