US EditionThousands flock to central Mexico to celebrate Saint Mark's Day
- Thousands gathered in Aguascalientes, Mexico, on April 25, 2025, to celebrate Saint Mark's Day and the month-long Fair of Saint Mark.
- Spanish missionaries founded the neighborhood in 1620 as 'Indios de San Marcos', and the fair, originally commercial, later gained a religious purpose honoring the saint.
- Community members like Jodie Altamira help organize church processions and events during the fair, promoting knowledge about Saint Mark.
- Rev. Abel Carmona observed that a religious sense was later added to the fair's original commercial and agricultural purpose.
- This significant annual event now attracts millions and involves efforts to foster a healthier atmosphere alongside traditional festivities.
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The streets of Aguascalientes were transformed into a festive setting of color, music and tradition with the Spring Parade, a celebration that each year marks the most important day of the National Fair of San Marcos (FNSM). In its 197 edition, the parade was named “Times of Circus”. In the framework of St. Mark’s Day, patron saint of the traditional Aprilian verbena, Gov. Tere Jiménez headed this event that reflects the essence, history and evo…
“Our traditions are part of what we are. We cannot let them get lost. San Marcos is a reflection of coexistence and joy.” Oscar Calderón, director of the association of mothers and fathers (AMPA) of the El Llano school, reasons this way, why this initiative, with which to revive the identity of a celebration, once very popular, that, over the years, has been disappearing among the monesterians.
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