2010: Sun Season All Year Round at Grupo Mayan - November/December

Mexico has much to offer every month of the year. Check out these interesting events so you can make the most of your next visit.
By Teresa Hein

Highlights
November 1-2- Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrates life and those who lived it, as ancestors are festively remembered with visits to cemeteries, special foods such as skulls and coffins made from sugar, chocolate or amaranth seeds, colorful decorations, and music. November 1 is set aside for remembrance of all Saints as well as deceased infants and children, often referred to as angelitos (little angels). On Nov, 2, those who died as adults are honored. December 16-24- Posadas (procession) of Christmas is a nativity procession leading towards the town square. The festivities also include street fairs, piñata breaking, passion plays called “pastorelas,” and a feast in honor of the Virgen de la Soledad
Puerto Vallarta	70 ºF / 84 ºF
Mid November The Sixteenth Annual International Gourmet Festival, Puerto Vallarta – Rivera – Nayarit will present the area’s world-class cuisine. November 20-22 Vallarta Tuna and Billfish Classic Tournament.
70 ºF / 84 ºF	Riviera Maya/Cancun
Mid November Riviera Maya International Film Festival showcases cinema from all over the world in Cancun.
Puerto Peñasco	54 ºF / 70 ºF
December 11-12 Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe, celebrated with processions in which pictures and statues of the Madonna are carried through the streets, participants bring roses to shrines in churches, and children dress as Juan Diego. Music, rides, stalls selling food and souvenirs, and crowds pack the streets.