Learn about the main festivities in the state of Campeche.
BECAL May 20. Jipi Fair.
CALKINÍ May 15. Fair and patronal festival of San Isidro Labrador. 5 October. Festivity of the Christ of Mercy: processions, Dance of the Head of the Pig, music and fireworks.
CAMPECHE June 24. Feast of San Juan. Boat ride along the boardwalk with the image of the saint. 14 September. Fiesta de San Román: great fair, procession with the Christ of San Román, dances and fireworks.
CANDELARIA February 2: fair, dances, processions and fireworks.
CITY OF CARMEN July 16. Feast of the Virgen del Carmen: dances, fair, processions and fireworks.
HECELCHAKÁN August 15. Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin: dances and processions. November 1 and 2. Day of the Dead: altars, offerings and visits to the cemetery; souls are dismissed on November 31.
HOPELCHÉN May 3. Feast of the Holy Cross: Dance of the Head of the Pig.
PALIZADA August 15. Fair of the population: music and dairy farms.
TENABO August 8-15. Feast of the Virgin of the Assumption: processions, dances, fair and the "carrying the candle" to the temple.
CARNIVAL FESTIVALS The most important are those held in Calkiní, Campeche, Ciudad del Carmen, Hecelchakán, Hopelchén and Tenabo.
