Tourist Guide 2

-Easter Week - Semana Santa (Mar-Apr): It is celebrated all over Mexico.
On Palm Sunday, there are processions, and palm crosses are sold outside churches.
Good Friday, sees parades of women swinging incense holders and carrying flowers in front of images of Christ and the Virgin Mary.
On this day the steps of Christ along the route to his crucifixion are re-enacted.
In the evening of the Easter Saturday cardboard Judases are burned and fireworks let off.
It is also customary in some towns to throw water at passers-by.

-Labor day - Dia del trabajo (May 1): Everybody takes a break on this day. Some marches are organized by trade unions and political parties.
-Cinco de Mayo (May 5): The commemoration of the Battle of Puebla, a Mexican victory over the invading French army in 1862.
-Mother's Day - Dia de las Madres (May 10): Every mother is honored on this day and, finances permitting, taken out to lunch, regaled with flowers, or serenated with mariachis.
-Independence Day - Dia de la Independencia (September 15-16): This day is celebrated all over Mexico. Parties take place in every town square on the evening of September 15, including fireworks, music and the throwing of eggshells filled with confetti. Later, at 24:00 hr. local officials repeat Hidalgo's shout, whom "cry" to arms to free Mexico of Spanish rule in 1810. The next day is an occasion for parades, Children in particular dress in national costume or as Independence Heroes.
-The days of dead - Dia de los muertos (October 31-November 2): According to popular belief, the dead have divine permission to visit friends and family on earth once a year. During the Days of Dead, the living welcome the souls of the departed with offerings of flowers, specially prepared foods, candles and incense. Some of the crafts made for this days are: Sugar figures, hand-made paper cuts and papier mache skeletons.
This is not a morbid occasion, but one of peace and happiness. Celebrations vary region to region, but in general the souls of children are thought to arrive on November 2, and those of adults on November 2, and this day the dead depart again for another year.
-Revolution Day - Dia de la Revolucion (November 20): Small boys and girls get dressed as revolutionaries, and there are also parades by sportsmen and women.
-Dia de la Virgen de Guadalupe (December 12) The appearance of Mexico's patron saint in 1531. Thousands of pilgrims flock to her shrine in Mexico City to view her from a crowded moving walkway. Special church services are attended.
-Posadas (December 16-24): This parties re-enact the nativity story of Mary and Joseph seeking lodging. The participants carry candles and sing the posadas songs. Each night culminates in a party at different house. An essential part of any Posada is the Pinata.
-Day of the Holy Innocents - Dia de los Santos Inocentes (December 28): Day for practical jokes.

Month	Minimum temperature	Maximum temperature	Average rainfall	Hours of sun
January	5ºC - 41ºF	21ºC - 70ºF	8 mm	7 a.m
April	9ºC - 48ºF	27ºC - 81ºF	23 mm	8 a.m
July	11ºC - 52ºF	23ºC - 73ºF	160 mm	6 a.m
October	9ºC - 48ºF	22ºC - 72ºF	46mm	6 a.m