På gång i Suchitoto, El Salvador under året

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Festival

  Festival de Arte y Cultura

  1–28 feb · vanligtvisKulturfestivalBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Semana Santa, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Semana Santa

  29 mar – 5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Semana Santa

Inget nytt börjar i april.

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

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Festival

  Dia de la Cruz

  3 majReligiös högtid

  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. Källa ↗

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Mycket folk — Suchitoto city anniversary, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Suchitoto city anniversary

  15 julStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Festival del Maiz, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Festival del Maiz

  24 augMat- & dryckesfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

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

• Helg

  Independence Day

  14–15 sepNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Mycket folk — La Calabiuza in Tonacatepeque

• Festival

  La Calabiuza in Tonacatepeque

  1 novStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan

  1 nov – 31 mar · vanligtvisFågelsäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Fiestas de Santa Lucia, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Fiestas de Santa Lucia

  6–13 decReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))