Friday, February 28 – Wednesday, March 12, 2025 Your host and guide for this tour is Rick Hall. This tour presents multiple aspects of Carnival in the Huasteca region in the states of Hidalgo and Veracruz. In Nahua and Mestizo villages, we will experience masked and unmasked dances and rituals […]
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A Tour of Pastorela Dances in Michoacán New Year Tour 2024
Monday, December 30, 2024 – Thursday, January 9, 2025 Pastorela Dances in Michoacán This is an exciting tour for the traveler and photographer interested in learning about and witnessing the dances, masks, and customs associated with the Christmas and New Year celebrations in the mountain and lake regions of Michoacán. […]
ZOCALO Folk Art & Tours – December 2023 Newsletter
Holiday Greetings from ZOCALO Folk Art & Tours!
Pátzcuaro, Fiesta of Santa Magdalena and the Purépecha Mountain Villages 2024
Saturday, July 20 – Sunday, August 4, 2024 This tour offers an in-depth look at the folk art and artisans of Michoacán. We start the tour with four nights in Pátzcuaro, visiting the Museo de Artes e Industrias Populares for an overview of the region’s history. We will see Tzintzuntzan, […]
Mexico City, Puebla and Cuetzalan – Fiesta de San Miguel, Fiesta de San Francisco de Asís & Feria del Café y el Huipil 2024
Friday, September 20 – Sunday, October 6, 2024 We will start this tour in Mexico City. After, we will depart to Puebla, a World Heritage UNESCO Site. We will stay at a boutique hotel transformed into a guest house three blocks from the central plaza. We have three nights to […]
Day of the Dead in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán 2024
Thursday, October 24 – Monday, November 4, 2024 Our tour of Day of the Dead in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, is an unforgettable experience that will fill your soul and mind with memories for a lifetime. Our home base for this trip is Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México, where we will be staying in […]
Palm Sunday and Easter Week in Michoacán 2024
Thursday, March 21 – Monday, April 1, 2024 Your host and guide for this tour is Rick Hall. This exciting tour presents multiple aspects of the traditions, folk art, and food of the most beautiful state in Mexico. The Tianguis Artesanal de Domingo de Ramos y Concurso (Palm Sunday folk […]
June 2021 ZOCALO Folk Art & Tours Newsletter
¡Saludos desde Pátzcuaro! I hope that everyone is doing well during this pandemic and everyone is receiving their vaccinations. Mexico was slow receiving vaccines initially, but more are coming daily. What happened to the last year? Kena and I have been very busy. We closed Destino Pátzcuaro, where we had […]
60th Concurso – Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday) – Uruapan, Michoacán 2021
Due to the pandemic, the Palm Sunday Market was canceled for the second year. The artisans count on these markets for up to 60% or more of their yearly sales. The Instituto del Artesano Michoacano (IAM), the Fondo Nacional para el Fomento de las Artesanías (Fonart), and the city of […]
51st Concurso – Day of the Dead Pátzcuaro, Michoacán – 2020
The Pátzcuaro Day of the Dead Artisanal Market 2020 was cancelled due to the Covid pandemic. However, the 51st Concurso of the Day of the in Dead Pátzcuaro (LI Concurso Estatal de Artesanías en Pátzcuaro) held by the Instituto del Artesano Michoacano (IAM) and the Fondo Nacional para el Fomento […]