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January 1... Año Nuevo (New Year's Day), is an official
Mexican holiday.
• January 6 ... Día de los Santos Reyes is the
day when Mexicans exchange Christmas presents in accordance
with the arrival of the three gift-bearing Wise Men to Jesus
Christ. This day culminates the Christmastime festivities.
• January 17 ... Feast Day of de San Antonio de Abad
is a religious holiday during which the Catholic Church allows
animals to enter the church for blessing.
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| February |
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February 5 ... Día de la Constitución an official
holiday that commemorates Mexico's Constitution.
• February 24 ... Flag Day, This Mexican national holiday
honors the Mexican flag.
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March 5 ... Carnaval is an official Mexican holiday that kicks
off a five-day celebration of the libido before the Catholic
lent. Beginning the weekend before Lent, Carnaval is celebrated
exuberantly with parades, floats and dancing in the streets.
Port towns such as Ensenada, La Paz, Mazatlán and Veracruz
are excellent places to watch Carnaval festivities.
• March 21 ... The Birthday of Benito Juárez,
a famous Mexican president and national hero, is an official
Mexican holiday.
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| April |
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Semana Santa ... Semana Santa is the holy week that ends the
40-day Lent period. This week includes Good Friday and Easter
Sunday. It is Mexican custom to break confetti-filled eggs
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| May |
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May 1 ... Primero de Mayo is the Mexican national holiday
that is equivalent to the U.S. Labor Day.
• May 5 ... Cinco de Mayo is the Mexican national holiday
that honors the Mexican victory over the French army at Puebla
de los Angeles in 1862.
• May 10 ... Mother's Day, Due to the importance of
the mother in Mexican culture, Mother's Day is an especially
significant holiday.
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| June |
| • June 1 ... Navy
Day is an official Mexican holiday. |
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| September |
• September 1
... Annual State of the Union, though this date is an approximation.
The President delivers the address in the autumn.
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September 8 ... Día de Nuestra Señora is a local
Baja holiday that celebratates Baja's first mission.
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September 16 ... Mexican Independence Day celebrates the day
that Miguel Hidalgo delivered El Grito de Dolores, and announced
the Mexican revolt against Spanish rule.
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| October |
| • October 12 ...
Día de la Raza, This day celebrates Columbus' arrival
to the Americas, and the historical origins of the Mexican race. |
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| November |
• November 1&2
... Día de los Muertos is an important Mexican holiday
that merges Pre-Columbian beliefs and modern Catholicism. Europe's
All Saints' Day and the Aztec worship of the dead contribute
to these two days that honor Mexico's dead.
• November
20 ... Mexican Revolution Day. This official Mexican holiday
celebrates the Mexican Revolution of 1910.
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| December |
• December 12
... Día de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, or the
day of the Virgin of Guadalupe is celebrated with a feast honoring
Mexico's patron saint.
• December 16 ... Las Posadas
celebrates Joseph and Mary's search for shelter in Bethlehem
with candlelight processions that end at various nativity scenes.
Las Posadas continues through January 6.
• December
25...Navidad. With the rest of the Christian world, Mexico celebrates
Christmas day.
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