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Cucapa Community Museum in Mexicali

Mexicali, Baja California

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The Cucapa Community Museum was the first indigenous museum in BC, where you can appreciate the traditional way of life of the ethnic group as well as their traditions and customs. It sells crafts made from beads. It is located on the road to San Felipe, Km. 57, Col. El Mayor.

Municipality

The Municipality of Mexicali is one of the 5 municipalities that make up the state of Baja California, its name is derived from the anagram MEXI-co and CALI-fornia, it has various historical places including monuments to Benito Juárez, Lázaro Cárdenas, Vicente Guerrero, Francisco Zarco, Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada and Los Pioneros, the La Colorada River Land building, Mexicali has two galleries where works by renowned regional and national artists are exhibited, there are places with access to the general public, such as the city forest , the auditorium, the water slide, the bullring, it is worth noting that the Fiestas del Sol stand out, which since 1976

Festivities

In various places in the municipality, some of the region's festivals are held annually, such as the cotton fair and the wheat fair, which are celebrated in the colonies and ejidos of the Mexicali valley. It is worth mentioning that the Fiestas del Sol stand out, which were created in 1976 by decision of Mayor Armando Gallego Moreno, the main objective is to show the advances in agriculture, livestock, industry and commerce, currently held in the month of September and part of October, organized by the city council in the city of Mexicali and is a great popular festival. On the other hand, the Fiestas del Visitante de Invierno are also celebrated, a traditional event, which consists of offering a welcome festival to the winter visitor from the U.S. and Canada, who annually come to the town of Los Algodones.