Playa Del Carmen Destination Guide
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Fiestas - Playa Del Carmen
JANUARY
The first week of January sees the festival of the Magi in Tizimín (Yucatán), an important religious and secular gathering.
6 FIESTA DE POLK KEKEN in Lerma (Campeche), near Campeche, with many traditional dances.
21 In Dzitas (Yuc), north of Chichén Itzá, an ancient festival with roots in Maya tradition.
In Temax (Yuc), between Mérida and Tizimín, the last Sunday of the month is celebrated with a fiesta - the culmination of a week's religious celebration.
FEBRUARY
CARNIVAL (the week before Lent, variable Feb-March) is at its most riotous in Mérida , though it's celebrated, too, in Campeche and Chetumal and on Isla Mujeres and Cozumel .
MARCH
20 FERIA DE LAS HAMACAS in Tecoh (Yuc), a hammock-producing village near Mérida.
21 EQUINOX Huge gathering to see the serpent shadow at Chichén Itzá .
APRIL
13 The traditional festival of honey and corn in Hopelchén (Cam) lasts until the 17th.
MAY
3 DÍA DE LA SANTA CRUZ is the excuse for another fiesta in Hopelchén (Cam); also celebrated in Celestún (Yuc) and Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Quintana Roo).
12-18 Fiesta in Chankán Veracruz (QR), near Felipe Carrillo Puerto, celebrating the Holy Cross which spoke to the Maya here.
20 FERIA DEL JIPI in Becal (Cam), the town where many of these hats are made.
JUNE
14-16 Fiestas for the patron saint of Ciudad del Carmen (Cam).
26-30 The Festival of San Pedro and San Pablo celebrated on Cozumel and in Panaba (Yuc), north of Tizimín.
JULY
At Edzná (Cam, date variable) a Maya ceremony to the god Chac is held, to encourage, or celebrate, the arrival of the rains.
AUGUST
10-16 Feria in Oxkutzcab (Yuc).
SEPTEMBER
14 DÍA DE SAN ROMAN. In Dzan (Yuc), near Ticul, the end of a four-day festival with fireworks, bullfights, dances and processions - in Campeche (Cam) the Feria de San Roman lasts until the end of the month.
21 EQUINOX Another serpent spectacle at Chichén Itzá .
29 DÍA DE SAN MIGUEL is celebrated with a major festival in Maxcanu (Yuc), on the road from Mérida to Campeche.
OCTOBER
The first two weeks of October in Mérida see processions and celebrations associated with the miraculous statue of Cristo de las Ampillas.
18 A pilgrimage centred on Izamal (Yuc) starts ten days of celebration, culminating in dances on the night of the 28th.
NOVEMBER
1-2 DAY OF THE DEAD celebrated almost everywhere.
8-13 Feria in Tekax (Yuc), on the road from Mérida to Felipe Carrillo Puerto, with dances and bullfights.
DECEMBER
3-8 Popular fiesta with traditional dances in Kantunilkin (QR).
8 DÍA DE LA INMACULADA CONCEPCIÓN is widely celebrated, but especially in Izamal (Yuc) and Champotón (Cam), each of which has a fiesta starting several days earlier.
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