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Parish of Santa Ana in Tlapacoya

Tlapacoya, Puebla

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The Parish of Santa Ana, Tlapacoya is a religious colonial-type construction located in the town of Tlapacoya

Municipality

Tlapacoya is a municipality in the state of Puebla, it comes from the Mexican voices, tlapcac, up, summit; oya-unravel, crumble, and n, indicates the place where the meaning of the verb is exercised; The complex means "Place where the summit unfolds", its main architectural construction is the parish temple dedicated to the Lord Jesus, built in the 17th century. The important festival of the town is celebrated on the second Friday of Lent with processions of the Holy Burial with dances of "Voladores", "Negritos" and "Huehues", for tourists they have the pyramid of Acalá a 10-minute walk away and the caves of Iguala at an approximate distance of 30 minutes walking.

Festivities

It is celebrated on the second Friday of Lent with processions of the Holy Burial with dances of "Voladores", "Negritos" and "Huehues"; music bands perform and fireworks are set off. In the month of July, Santa Ana is celebrated with dances of the "Negritos", "Charros", "Españoles", Huehues", basketball championships, fireworks and coronation of the Queen, rodeos and popular dances.


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