Español
From that neighborhood, in the chapel of the 16th century, there is a procession with oxen and mules decorated in bright colors. They take them to the church’s atrium, where the dances of the old, black, Moorish and Maringuías are performed.
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, […]
In Uruapan, in the neighborhood of San Juan dances of old people and of negritos are presented. In Santa Fe de la Laguna there is a fair, dance of the Moors and popular music competitions, classical and sones.
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.
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.
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.
Janitzio: Dances and various celebrations. Morelia: Civic-military parade, pilgrimage and bullfight, sporting and cultural events, castles and bands.
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 […]
Day of conception. In the temple of the Immaculate one organizes a kermesse, music, plastic pictures, sport events and castles. It lasts three months.
