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Museo de Artes e Industrias Populares, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México.
El Hospitalito, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México.
Templo del sagrario, Pátzcuaro, MIchoacán, México.
Casa de los once patios, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México.
Casa del gigante, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México.
Casa de los condes de Villahermosa y Alfaro, Pátzcuaro, MIchoacán, México.
Cine - Teatro Eperador Caltzoztin, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México.
Biblioteca Pública Gertrudis Bocanegra, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México.
El humilladero, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México.
Centro de Interpretación de la ruta don Vasco, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México.
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Parque Nacional Barranca del Cupatitzio, Uruapan, Michoacán, México.
Templo de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Erongarícuaro, Michoacán, México.
Templo de san Nicolás de Bari, Santa fe de la Laguna, Michoacán, México.
Museo Comunitario de Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, México.
Exconvento de Santa Ana y Capilla Abierta Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, México.
Templo de Nuestra Señora del Sagrario, Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán, México.
Parroquia de la Inmaculada Concepción Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán, México.
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Origins The Feast of the Cross of May has its antecedents in the pre-Christian celebration known as the Festival of the Mayos (or Palo de Mayo, in English maypole), which commemorated the average time of spring by paying homage to nature. In particular, it was celebrated by decorating a tree or by erecting a trunk or totem tree to which ornaments or flowers were put, while performing ritual dances and singing or making recitations. With the arrival of Christianity, this feast was adapted to the new faith, replacing the totem with the Christian cross. In some countries the festivities of the Cruz de Mayo and Palo de Mayo are maintained in parallel. Another interpretation seems to have its origin in the discovery by Saint Helena of the cross where Christ died. The story tells how the emperor Constantine I the Great, in the sixth year of his reign, faces against the barbarians on the banks of the Danube, in a battle whose victory is believed impossible because of the magnitude of the enemy army. At present, the Christian liturgy has eliminated this celebration from its calendar, being unified with the celebration of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, celebrated on […]
It begins with jubilees, novenarians and pilgrimages headed with the image of Christ; accompanied by bands and dances from “Los Negritos”, “Los Viejitos” and “Los Pastores” to the foot of the main altar. San Juan Nuevo is the town founded by the P’urhépechas Indians who were forced to relocate after evicting San Juan de las Colchas (or Old San Juan Parangaricutiro) due to the birth of the Paricutin Volcano. It is known that the Lord of Miracles has faithful followers throughout the country of Mexico, South America and the United States. Throughout the celebrations more than 70 thousand visitors come to be counted. The image belonged to the temple of San Juan Parangaricutiro, the town that buried the Paricutin Volcano in its eruption in the middle of the last century. The image of the Lord of Miracles is made of cane paste, a pre-Hispanic artisan technique originally from the P’urhépecha culture. It represents a Crucified Christ and as in the case of other religious figures elaborated by indigenous hands, he observes a marked care in the representation of the wounds and the gesture of pain caused by the torture. A saying was born in San Juan around the impossible causes, […]
Holy Week offers the rare opportunity to feel the most intimate structure of the social fabric of Michoacan peoples and communities, where the men and women who are “freighters”, “semaneros” or members of the Councils of Elders maintain the cohesion of the ethnic group in around the cultural heritage. A series of activities take place throughout the state and particularly in this region, ranging from the production of colorful candies, to the impressive expressions of sorrow carried out by hooded parishioners at nightfall, known as “processions of silence”. The religious celebrations were carried out in the open air because the natives were not accustomed to enter the temples and to involve them with the Catholic religion the so-called “autos sacramentales” were performed, which were dramatizations of biblical passages. For that reason, the churches had wide spaces in the front. As an example of this design are the churches of Tarimbaro and Tzintzuntzan, being the Tzintzunrtzan the first “open chapel” – as they were called – of America. These outdoor spaces dedicated to the evangelization of indigenous peoples were called atrios. In the center of these courts a stone cross was placed with elements of the passion of Christ, but Christ […]
The city of Valladolid, today Morelia, was founded on Wednesday May 18, 1541 in the valley of Guayangareo, by order of the Viceroy Don Antonio de Mendoza and at the request of several Spaniards settled in Michoacán, with the purpose of having a capital city where reside the civil and ecclesiastical authorities that made possible the administration and the colonial order, which they would denominate New City of Mechuacan, this objective ran into the fierce opposition of Bishop Vasco de Quiroga, who supported the city of Patzcuaro by the ownership of City of Mechuacan. It is until after the death of Bishop Quiroga and already with the name of Valladolid that the headquarters of the ecclesiastical chapter and episcopal chair are moved to this one. Civic ceremony and sports festival organized by schools.
It is celebrated on the first Sunday of July. Thousands of quiroguenses living in other cities return to their town to take part in this celebration. The celebration of the Precious Blood is almost as important to them as Christmas. The object of veneration is a huge image of Christ crucified, made of cane paste. Depending on the direction from which they come, the pilgrims enter the town for each of the cardinal points. Each contingent is accompanied by bands of musicians and upon reaching the place where the roads are intercepted, there are hugs and tears. Bishops of the region lead the welcome and the bands begin to play the same melody. From early morning you can see the streets towards the church, the pilgrims who do penance and in the afternoon there is a procession with the heavy image of the crucified Christ. Every year without exception it rains during the tour that ends at dusk without diminishing the participation of the parishioners. Quiroga is a pre-Hispanic community near Morelia, today dedicated to the trade of agricultural and artisanal products. It could be said that Quiroga has two Holy Patrons. One of them, the oldest, is San Diego […]
In Capula: Music with local bands, exhibition and contest of earthenware of Capula. In Tingambato: The Moors walk the streets. Music and dances, craft exhibition and other events. Market of snacks. In Uruapan: Procession. Dances and fireworks.
The coppermen venerate the Virgen del Sagrario and Santa Clara de Asís, walking along the main avenue of the Magic Town of Santa Clara del Cobre, each one carrying a piece of copper that they will offer to the Virgin and Clara de Asís, as thanks for the sales of the year, or, to continue the subsistence of this artisanal activity that the villagers have done for several generations. The roar of the rockets in the sky announces to the artisans of copper that they must already arrive at the meeting place, regardless of which craft workshop they work on or if they do it on their own they meet and greet, to start the pilgrimage in honor of the Virgen del Sagrario and Santa Clara de Asís, who are grateful for the work and who are asking for a favorable year. All carry with them a piece of copper of different sizes, but here, what matters is the faith of each of them and them. A tradition that has transcended from one generation to another is still valid, nobody knows when it started, since previous generations only remember that their grandparents were already doing it and the new ones […]
With a civic act, the traditional parade, the delivery of floral offerings and various cultural activities, commemorate the Anniversary of the Erection to the Free Municipality of the Villa of Quiroga in 1852 and the Anniversary of the Elevation to City Category, in 1986.
September 14 is one of the most important dates for the community of Santa Fe de la Laguna, as a feast is held to the Lord of Exaltation, a crucified Christ carved in the 16th century. In his honor pilgrimages are performed, dances, while the band entertains with festive music.
Ceremony in the Municipal Palace. Popular verbena, musical events, castles and fireworks in the main square. Celebrations vary in each city. Parade on 16th.
On September 28, the city of Pátzcuaro is celebrating its birthday – this 2023, four hundred and eighty-nine to be precise -. While as a human settlement it has many more. It is always important to celebrate and remember the fundamentals about this beautiful place, pride of Michoacán, of Mexico and of humanity.
Our tradition of commemorating the dead is one of the most endearing and widespread in our country. It has an eminently religious character that not only has Christian foundations taken from the custom of “honoring the deceased faithful”, but retains many of the characteristics of the funeral ritual practiced by our pre-Hispanic ancestors. The rituals of “velación”, the placement of altars and offerings in houses and pantheons to pay homage to the deceased, are the result of a complex fabric that brings together several cultural traditions: on the one hand, the natives of pre-Columbian origin and, on the other , the Christian Spaniards who came to us with the conquest, as well as those of other groups from Africa, Asia and Europe who emigrated to Mexico during the Colony and, later, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In Michoacán, the commemoration of the Day of the Dead is a solemn tradition that preserves that genuine manifestation of deep respect and veneration to the beings that materially no longer exist and to whom, through the offering, tribute is paid. The veiling ritual carried out by many of our indigenous communities in the region of Lake Pátzcuaro has had deep roots, and […]