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JANUARY
Every Sunday: Fiesta in the Plaza with live music, dancing, food and fun
New Year's Day. National Holiday

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FEBRUARY
Every Sunday: Fiesta in the Plaza with live music, dancing, food and fun
Feb. 5: Constitution Day. National Holiday

**Carnival is a one-week celebration. Date is dependent on when Easter falls

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MARCH
Every Sunday: Fiesta in the Plaza with live music, dancing, food and fun
March 21: Benito Juarez's Birthday. National holiday honoring president and leader of the 19th Century reform movement
Holy Week and Easter (March or April): Celebrations and processions in observance of Christ's resurrection
Vernal Equinox. Late March.
**Carnival is a one-week celebration. Date is dependent on when Easter falls

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APRIL
Every Sunday: Fiesta in the Plaza with live music, dancing, food and fun
Holy Week and Easter. March or April. Celebrations and processions in observance of Christ's resurrection.
April 28-May 3: Fesival of El Cedral. Parades, music, horse racing, bull riding, carnival, beer gardens. Located in Cedral

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MAY
Every Sunday: Fiesta in the Plaza with live music, dancing, food and fun
April 28-May 3: Fesival of El Cedral. Parades, music, horse racing, bull riding, carnival, beer gardens. Located in Cedral. See Festival of Cedral
May 5: Cinco de Mayo. National holiday commemorating Mexico's defeat of the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.


Fishing Tournament: Cozumel's International Billfish Tournament. Competitors from around the world compete in the waters of the Gulf.

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SEPTEMBER
Every Sunday: Fiesta in the Plaza with live music, dancing, food and fun
Sept. 16: Independance Day. Mexico celebrates its independance from Spain in 1821. Featuring fireworks, folk dances, mariachi bands, speeches, and plenty of decorations in Mexico's national colors: red, green and white.
Autumnal Equinox. Late September. Visitors come to the main temple at Chichen Itza to see the descent of the serpent Kukulkan. History has it that the Maya constructed the temple in a way that during equinox a beam of sunlight creates a shadow moving down towards earth resembling a slithering snake. This ocurrence is supposed to bring out a good harvest.


Sept. 29: Festival of San Miguel . Feast of San Miguel, patron saint of the island.

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NOVEMBER
Every Sunday: Fiesta in the Plaza with live music, dancing, food and fun
Day of the Dead. Early November. Traditionally it was believed that the spirits of the deceased returned to earth on this day. On this day, deceased relatives and friends are honored in a party-like celebration including graveside picnics.
Nov. 20: Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. Celebration of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 with parades, speeches and ceremonies.

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DECEMBER
Every Sunday: Fiesta in the Plaza with live music, dancing, food and fun
Dec. 25-Jan. 2: Christmas Week Celebrations. The festivities include breaking of pinatas, candlelight processions, nightly posadas which are reenactments of the time Joseph and Mary were searching for lodging, and a two-day feast commemorating the Virgen de la Soledad.
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