Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Suchitoto, El Salvador

Druk — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal))

Druk — een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Festival de Arte y Cultura

  1–28 feb · meestalKunstenfestivalBoek vroeg

  February is the month the town's arts festival runs, founded in 1991 and since then a fixture that brings opera, theatre, film and companies from abroad into a place of a few thousand people. Beds are limited and go early. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Semana Santa, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Semana Santa

  29 mrt – 5 aprPasen & Goede WeekDruk

  The cobbled streets get coloured sawdust carpets laid overnight and walked over by the processions the next morning, in one of the country's better-known Holy Weeks. Salvadoran day trippers arrive from the capital with them. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Semana Santa

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Semana Santa (29 mrt – 5 apr)

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Dia de la Cruz

  3 meiReligieus feest

  At the start of the rains households dress wooden crosses with flowers, fruit and paper chains to bless the planting season, and the town holds processions and hands out sweets. Bron ↗

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

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Suchitoto city anniversary, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Suchitoto city anniversary

  15 julGroot festivalDruk

  Suchitoto was made a city on 15 July 1858 and marks it with a dawn cannon salute, a student parade, the Banda 15 de Julio, balloon launches, a mass and fireworks, each neighbourhood in its own colours. Bron ↗

Druk — Festival del Maiz, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Festival del Maiz

  24 augEet- & drinkfestivalDruk

  A one-day harvest thanksgiving started by the Santa Lucia parish: a procession and mass, then the streets fill with stands of riguas, atol de elote and corn pupusas. Day-trippers from San Salvador pack the town. Bron ↗

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

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  14–15 sepNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  Torch relays arrive on the evening of the 14th and school bands and drum corps parade through town on the 15th. Banks, offices and many shops close, and buses run a holiday timetable. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — La Calabiuza in Tonacatepeque

• Festival

  La Calabiuza in Tonacatepeque

  1 novGroot festivalDruk

  On the night of 1 November Tonacatepeque, under an hour away, parades Salvadoran folk spirits such as La Siguanaba, El Cipitio and El Cadejo from the cemetery to the plaza, lit by candle-carved gourds. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan

  1 nov – 31 mrt · meestalVogelseizoen

  In the dry months migratory birds stop over on the reservoir below town, joining the resident herons and cormorants; early-morning boat trips to the bird island see the most. Bron ↗

Druk — Fiestas de Santa Lucia, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Fiestas de Santa Lucia

  6–13 decReligieus feestDruk

  The patron saint days run for a week to 13 December with something every day: masked characters, floats, music in the plaza and the town's own people back for it. The quieter, more local of Suchitoto's two big weeks. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal))