Wat er het hele jaar speelt in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico

Druk — Fiesta Grande de Chiapa de Corzo, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Fiesta Grande de Chiapa de Corzo

  4–23 janReligieus feestDruk

  Three weeks of Parachico dancers in carved wooden masks and blond headdresses processing between the churches of Chiapa de Corzo, an hour down the valley. UNESCO lists it, and it is still a village doing it for itself. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Highland dry season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Druk — een van de beste maanden qua weer

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Highland dry season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Topdrukte — Semana Santa and Pascua, Feria de la Primavera y de la Paz

• Feestdag

  Semana Santa and Pascua

  29 mrt – 12 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  Holy Week and the Easter week after it are Mexico's main spring break: schools close, domestic travellers fill hotels and long-distance buses, rates rise, and many offices and shops shut on Holy Thursday and Good Friday. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Feria de la Primavera y de la Paz

  25 mrt – 30 apr · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  The town's own fair, held the week after Holy Week: fairground on the edge of town, food stalls, dances and a bullring. Rooms are tight for a fortnight because Semana Santa runs straight into it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Highland dry season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Topdrukte — Semana Santa and Pascua, Feria de la Primavera y de la Paz

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Semana Santa and Pascua (29 mrt – 12 apr), Feria de la Primavera y de la Paz (25 mrt – 30 apr (meestal)), Highland dry season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — San Juan Bautista in Chamula, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

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  San Juan Bautista in Chamula

  23–24 junReligieus feestDruk

  San Juan Chamula, a short drive from town, honours its patron saint on 24 June with pilgrims, music, fireworks and the handover of flowers by the traditional authorities. Photography inside the church is forbidden and is taken seriously. Bron ↗

Druk — Fiesta de San Cristóbal Mártir, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Fiesta de San Cristóbal Mártir

  17–25 julReligieus feestDruk

  The town's patron-saint fiesta runs through the week before 25 July, with night processions lit by pine torches up the long stairway to the San Cristóbal church on its hill, stalls of local sweets and bands. Bron ↗

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Independence Day, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  15–16 sepNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  On the night of 15 September thousands gather in the main square for the Grito from the balcony of the old municipal palace, followed next morning by a parade. Central streets close to traffic for both. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Festival

  Festival Cervantino-Barroco

  20 okt – 5 nov · meestalKunstenfestival

  A week of music and theatre in the courtyards and churches of the centre at the end of October, mostly free and mostly indoors, which matters when the highland evenings are cold and damp. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Seizoen

  Highland dry season

  1 nov – 30 apr

  The months the unpaved roads out to the Lagunas de Montebello and the Tzotzil villages are reliable and the afternoons stay clear. Nights at two thousand two hundred metres are cold enough for the wood smoke to hang in the streets.

Nog steeds bezig: Festival Cervantino-Barroco (20 okt – 5 nov (meestal))

Druk — Virgen de Guadalupe processions, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Virgen de Guadalupe processions

  1–12 decReligieus feestDruk

  Runners carrying torches come in from the highland villages for twelve days, and the barrio around the Guadalupe church stays up all night on the eleventh. Traffic in the centre stops for it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Highland dry season (1 nov – 30 apr)