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Church of St. John the Baptist in Ahuacatlán

Ahuacatlán, Puebla

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The Church of San Miguel, now of San Juan Bautista in Ahuacatlán, the Municipal Palace, from the 16th century, located in the municipal seat.

Municipality

Ahuacatlán is one of the 217 municipalities of the Mexican state of Puebla. It is located in the Sierra Norte, its name means "next to the ahuacates", the most important construction it has is the Church of San Miguel, now San Juan Bautista, and the Municipal Palace, from the 16th century, located in the head. municipal, the Wednesday before Ash (mobile festival) the festival with octave for the initiation of sowing, with fireworks, processions, fair, dances of "Caporales", "Olmecas", "Apaches", "Moros", " Spaniards", "Huehues", "Santiagos", "Voladores", "Tejoneros" and "Negros".

Festivities

On the Wednesday before Ash Wednesday (a movable feast) the municipal capital celebrates the festival with an octave for the beginning of the sowing, with fireworks, processions, a fair, dances of "Caporales", "Olmecas", "Apaches", "Moros", "españoles", "Huehues", "Santiagos", "Voladores", "Tejoneros" and "Negros". Offerings are set up on November 1 and 2, in commemoration of the deceased.


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