På gång i Oaxaca, Mexico under året

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna

• Festival

  Tilcajete carnival

  1 feb – 10 mar · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Semana Santa

• Helg

  Semana Santa

  29 mar – 5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Tilcajete carnival (1 feb – 10 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Semana Santa

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Semana Santa (29 mar – 5 apr)

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna

• Stängt

  Teachers' strike season

  10 maj – 25 jun · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Teachers' strike season (10 maj – 25 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Guelaguetza

• Festival

  Guelaguetza

  20–27 julStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Afternoon storm season (1 jun – 30 sep)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Afternoon storm season (1 jun – 30 sep)

Mycket folk — Independence Day, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Independence Day

  15–16 sepNationell helgdagTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Afternoon storm season (1 jun – 30 sep)

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Day of the Dead

• Natur

  Marigolds in the markets

  10 okt – 1 nov · vanligtvisStor 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 novReligiös högtidTrångtBoka tidigt

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

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Day of the Dead

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Marigolds in the markets (10 okt – 1 nov (vanligtvis)), Day of the Dead (31 okt – 2 nov)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Noche de Rabanos

• Festival

  Las Posadas

  16–24 decReligiös högtid

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Noche de Rabanos

  23 decStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗