| 1-2 |
Día de todos Santos (All
Saints’ Day) and Día de los Muertos (All Souls’
Day)** This has to be one of México’s
most important holidays --one where Pre-Columbian and modern
Catholicism beliefs merged to become an important representation
of how the Mexican culture evolved. Celebrations begin on
the 1st of the month but the 2nd is the official national
holiday. |
| 1-3 |
Feria del Pan de Navidad (Christmas Bread Fair) --Chignahuapan,
Puebla, well-known for its hot springs and mineral bath spas,
is the setting for this famous fair where beautifully shaped
loaves, including the pan de hilo, which is made into little
animal forms to decorate the statues of the Virgin on Candlemas
are available for tasting and purchase. Also on display and
available for tasting or taking home are the meat stews for
which the town is recognized for and a variety of handmade
Christmas ornaments and pottery made from the red clay of
the area. |
| 5-15 |
Fiestas de Mar (Ocean Fair)+* –Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco,
is the setting for a sailing regatta and a Golf Tournament
hosted by the State’s Governor and the perfect venue
for displaying the local artesania and an outstanding gourmet
dining contest where chefs from all of Mexico participate. |
| 20 |
Aniversario de la Revolución Mexicana de 1910
(Revolution Day)** |
| 22 |
Día de Santa Cecilia (St. Cecilia, Patron Saint of
Musicians)+ |
| 20 to 12/28 |
Feria del Maiz (Corn Fair)+* --Celebrated in Gomez Farias,
Tamaulipas. This month-long fair highlights the vast assortment
of corn dishes common throughout México like soups,
stews, pozoles, enchiladas and antojitos. Also important to
the feria is the amount of people that visit this town during
this period to witness the great variety of species of tropical
birds that reach the northern limit of their range in the
tropical vegetation formation of the area. |
| 29 to 12/6 |
Feria de la Plata (National Silver Fair)+* –Taxco is
the setting for the world-renowned national silver competitions
where México’s best silversmiths and some of the
world’s finest artisans participate. The fair also features
regional food, concerts, dances and fireworks. |
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