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Events: Holy Week in Mexico
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Holy Week (Latin: Hebdomada Sancta or Major Hebdomada, "Greater Week") in Christianity is the last week before Easter. It includes the religious holidays of Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) and Good Friday, and lasts from Palm Sunday (or in the East, Lazarus Saturday) until but not including Easter Sunday, as Easter Sunday is the first day of the new season of The Great Fifty Days. It commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
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Events: Expresion en Corto International Film Festival
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The Expresión en Corto International Film Festival is an annual international film festival, held since 1997 during final week of July in the cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
As a state-sponsored, non-profit organization and cultural event that does not charge admission to its viewing audience, the festival estimates an attendance of over 77,000 total audience members from more than 72 participating countries. It presents a variety of films and activities for free.
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Events: Cinco De Mayo - The Fifth of May
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The holiday of Cinco De Mayo, The 5th Of May, commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. It is primarily a regional holiday celebrated in the Mexican state capital city of Puebla and throughout the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico, and especially in U.S. cities with a significant Mexican population. It is not, as many people think, Mexico's Independence Day, which is actually September 16.
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Events: The Posadas in San Miguel de Allende
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From December 16 through December 24, these parties are celebrated all over San Miguel de Allende and Mexico. During nine nights, Mexicans commemorate the story of Mary and Joseph, when they were looking for shelter, just a few days before Jesus' birth. Participants take ceramic figures of Mary and Joseph ("The Pilgrims") in a symbolic manner to be deposited at the home of the Posada host, accompanied with candles and singing the traditional song. Each night ends up with a party at a different house; an important part of the "posada" party is the "piñata", a clay or paper pot ornamented with colorful paper on the outside, filled with candy and fruit. The piñata hangs from a rope. San Miguel children are blindfolded to hit the "piñata" with a stick, until it is broken, the candy and fruit fall to the floor and everyone throw themselves on the ground to pick up the piñata's treats.
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Events: San Miguel de Allende Walk Seaks Walkers!
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SanMiguelWalk writes - The Fourth Annual San Miguel Walk for CASA will take place in conjunction with the Caminata de San Juan, a hundreds of years old 9-day annual pilgrimage of thousands of faithful from every state in Mexico which begins in San Miguel at the Jardin and ends a week later at one of the most famous churches in Mexico.
The San Miguel Walk for CASA will offer shorter walks within the Caminata de San Juan beginning on January 24 when participants can choose to walk 1, 5, 10, or 15 miles. They will have transportation to return and check points along the way. Or walk for 3 days, 55 miles. The Three Day Walk is open to 55 persons. It will offer simple bathrooms and showers, wilderness camping, and a road crew to provide meals, tents, and medical services. In addition, it will have SAG services, which can take care of participants who tire unexpectedly, and provide radio communications if necessary.
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Events: San Miguel de Allende Jazz Fest
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This year the festival will present concerts featuring many personalitites of Jazz and Blues at the Angela Peralta theatre. Along with the educational venues that any festival offers, there will be workshops that will focus on public topics that should give the participants a more thorough knowledge of Jazz and Blues, if the musicians truly know their stuff.
Highlights of the festival will be the participation of the public workshops and "jam sessions" after each concert.
This is the first Festival International de Jazz & Blues to come to San Miguel de Allende. Thursday November 23rd - Sunday November 26th
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Events: Dia de la Revolucion
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The Mexican Revolution was a period of political, social and military conflict and turmoil that began with the call to arms made on 20 November 1910 by Francisco I. Madero.
The initial period of armed conflict culminated in the overthrow of dictator Porfirio Díaz Mori and Madero's rise to presidency. Madero was deposed in 1913 and the country was engulfed in civil war, as several political and armed groups fought each other for control of the country. A major step towards the end of armed conflict involved the promulgation of the present constitution of Mexico in 1917, the official end of the Revolution. Nonetheless, conflict and political unrest such as the Cristero War persisted up to the late 1920s.
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Events: Día de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
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Día de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe is the celebration of Mexico's patron saint, and therefore a very important fiesta. As the story goes, Juan Diego was on his way to church when he heard heavenly music at Tepeyac Hill outside of then Mexico City. When he climbed the hill to find out where the music was coming from, he saw a woman surround by a blinding light. She then instructed him to go and request that a church be built there in her honor by Bishop Zumárraga.
The Bishop did believe Juan Diego and demanded he bring back proof of his vision. Several days later when Juan Diego was rushing to find a priest for his dying uncle, the vision of the Virgin appeared again. She had him wrap roses in his tilma that had miraculously grown at her feet, despite it being winter. He then took these flowers to the Bishop, and as they poured out the image of the Virgin surrounded by the exact constellation in the sky appeared on the fabric. This same tilma is still intact, and is the relic in the Basílica de Guadalupe.
The Virgin of Guadalupe captured the hearts and minds of the indigenous people, whom Spanish missionaries were converting to Catholicism, though she is also identified with the Aztec earth goddess and mother of humankind. Special masses are held all day long, and there are parades, food, and other public events.
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Events: Offerings, Day of the Dead Rituals
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Although November is known as the month of the souls, with commemorative masses held all month, November 1 and 2 are the only days that are nationally celebrated. November 1 is Día de Todos los Santos (All Saints Day), honoring all saints of the Catholic Church and the souls of children. November 2, Día de los Fieles Difuntos (All Souls Day), is the day that is celebrated at the local panteón. In the evening, families visit the local cemeteries to clean and prepare graves with offerings, and altars are created in homes according to family custom.
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November 1st, All Saints Day, and November 2nd, All Souls Day, are marked throughout Mexico by customs that vary according to the ethnic roots of each region. Common to all are colorful adornments and lively reunions at family burial plots, the preparation of special foods, offerings laid out for the departed on commemorative altars and religious rites that are likely to include fireworks.
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