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San Marcos Fair in Tuxtla Gutierrez

Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas

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The San Marcos Fair in Tuxtla Gutiérrez is a fair in honor of the Catholic patron saint and is celebrated with religious, cultural, artistic and sporting events. It is, in itself, a popular fair that highlights traditional Chiapas elements and customs, such as nocturnal processions of offerings made of leaves, fruits, sweets, plastic household items, bread, flowers and colorful papers.

Municipality

Tuxtla Gutiérrez is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, it is also the capital of Chiapas since the powers of the state reside there, besides being the most important and most populated city in that territory, it was founded by the Zoque Indians with the name of Coyatoc (place, house or land of rabbits) the current one comes from the Aztecs they named it Tochtlán, which means the same, the main tourist places are the Miguel Álvarez del Toro Zoo, the Regional Museum of Anthropology, the House of Crafts of Tuxtla, the Cathedral of San Marcos, the Marimba Garden Park among many options.

Festivities

In Tuxtla Gutiérrez the most important celebrations are those of San Marcos, San Roque, San Jacinto, San Pascualito, San Francisco, Santo Domingo and the Virgin of Guadalupe.


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