Guelaguetza kicks off in Oaxaca with performances and the festival’s first ‘Monday on the Hill’
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Guelaguetza kicks off in Oaxaca with performances and the festival’s first ‘Monday on the Hill’
The 92nd edition of Oaxaca’s famous Guelaguetza festival has officially commenced, bringing to the state a wide range of events that showcase traditional dance, music and folklore. The week-long festival originated from a Zapotec ritual known as Daninayaaloani or Hill of the Beautiful View, in honor of Centéotl, the corn goddess. As part of this ritual, people gathered to share offerings, eat food and dance over eight days. On Sunday, actors per…


Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax. July 21, 2025. In front of a Guelaguetza Auditorium that looked plethoraic with the presence of more than 11 thousand people, the brotherhood of the indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples became present to demonstrate why Oaxaca is the cultural heart of Mexico with its First Monday of the Hill.In this celebration, he highlighted the essence of the Guelaguetza –which in Zapoteco means to give and share – since the solidarity o…
The 16 cultures and eight regions of Oaxaca rekindled Cerro del Fortin with the Guelaguetza, a traditional festival that year after year brings together traditional sounds, dances and flavors. “More than 11 thousand people vibrated with the evening edition of Monday of the Cerro, in a night that reaffirmed the spirit of brotherhood that defines our maximum party. Sones, syrups and Chileans filled us with joy, while delegations offered their cult…
In Oaxaca, hundreds of representatives of the state’s indigenous communities gathered once again to commemorate the most important ethnic encounter in Latin America: La Guelaguetza. It is the traditional feast of Oaxaca that brings together communities from the eight regions of the state that come to the capital to show the world, their dances, their music and their culture, as Juan Raymundo Acevedo, Afro-Mexican dancer, says.
COMMUNICATE This multicultural meeting was led by the representative of the Goddess Centéotl 2025, Patricia Casiano Zaragoza, together with Governor Solomon Jara Cruz Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax. July 21, 2025.- With a spectacular closure of lights and pyrotechnic games, concluded the First Monday of the Cerro of this 2025. In the evening edition of the 93 edition of the Guelaguetza, the indigenous cultures and Afro-Mexican and mestizo peoples present…
Jaime GUERRERO It was more than 31 thousand people who witnessed the first Parade Delegations that will show their traditions through their dances and music on the First Monday of the Hill in the Guelaguetza Auditorium. Women and men adorned with their dazzling traditional costumes, walked dancing the main streets full of joy and culture [...] The post More than 31 thousand people enjoyed the first Delegation Parade of the Guelaguetza 2025 appea…
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