Hva som skjer i Oaxaca, Mexico gjennom året

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene

• Festival

  Tilcajete carnival

  1. feb – 10. mar · vanligvis

  A day trip 27 km south: on Shrove Tuesday the alebrije-carving village of San Martin Tilcajete fills with oil-blackened devils in carved masks and cowbells, plus a mock wedding parade. Kilde ↗

Travelt — mellom toppene, Semana Santa

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  29. mar – 5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  Mexican families fill the city and the valley villages for the week, and the processions in Ocotlan and Tlacolula are the ones worth driving out for. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Tilcajete carnival (1. feb – 10. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Semana Santa

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa (29. mar – 5. apr)

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene

• Stengt

  Teachers' strike season

  10. mai – 25. jun · vanligvis

  Most years from around 15 May the Seccion 22 teachers' union strikes, camps across the zocalo and old centre for weeks and blocks highways, sometimes the airport road. Check local news before travelling. Kilde ↗

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Afternoon storm season

  1. jun – 30. sepMonsun

  Warm mornings and a heavy storm most late afternoons, which turns the brown valley green within a fortnight. Cheapest and greenest months of the year here.

Fortsatt på gang: Teachers' strike season (10. mai – 25. jun (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Guelaguetza

• Festival

  Guelaguetza

  20.–27. julStor festivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Delegations from the eight regions of the state dance on the last two Mondays of July, with a free street version running alongside the ticketed auditorium shows. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Afternoon storm season (1. jun – 30. sep)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Afternoon storm season (1. jun – 30. sep)

Travelt — Independence Day, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Independence Day

  15.–16. sepNasjonaldagMye folk

  The shout from the governor's balcony on the night of the fifteenth and a parade the next morning, in the wettest fortnight of the year. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Afternoon storm season (1. jun – 30. sep)

Travelt — mellom toppene, Day of the Dead

• Natur

  Marigolds in the markets

  10. okt – 1. nov · vanligvisStor festival

  Cempasuchil arrives from the valley farms towards the end of October and the whole Central de Abastos smells of it. The city starts building for the dead a fortnight ahead.

• Festival

  Day of the Dead

  31. okt – 2. novReligiøs høytidMye folkBestill tidlig

  Vigils in the valley cemeteries from the night of 31 October; rooms go a year ahead. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Day of the Dead

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Marigolds in the markets (10. okt – 1. nov (vanligvis)), Day of the Dead (31. okt – 2. nov)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Noche de Rabanos

• Festival

  Las Posadas

  16.–24. desReligiøs høytid

  Nine nights of processions through the barrios with candles, punch and a pinata at the end of each. Smaller and more religious than the December in Mexico City. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Noche de Rabanos

  23. desStor festivalMye folk

  Scenes carved from oversized radishes are displayed around the Zocalo for a few hours on 23 December before they wilt. A century old, and the queue is enormous. Kilde ↗