On Thursday night, Puerto Vallarta kicked off the celebrations for Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with various events that will continue until next November 6. Thursday’s inauguration of events started with music and the monumental “catrina” on the Malecón.
A few hours before the start of the festivities, the director of the Vallarta Institute of Culture, Luis Escoto Martínez, declared that everything is ready to celebrate Day of the Dead in Puerto Vallarta throughout the coming days.
Escoto Martínez reiterated the invitation to the population to come with their families to enjoy the diversity of events with the theme of cultural richness that celebrating the Day of the Dead represents.
Day of the Dead events in Puerto Vallarta
Saturday, October, 29: ‘Death before your eyes in Puerto Vallarta’ exhibition at Itinerant Mummies Museum of the Encarnación de Díaz municipality, at the La Lija Cultural Center. The exhibition will run from October 29 to November 7, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Monday, October 31; at the open-air theater of Los Arcos del Malecón, the Cuauhtémoc Folkloric Ballet and ‘Aladín and the marvelous lamp’ from the Adopt a Dancer Social Project will be presented. In addition, the Ixtapa Delegation will hold its live altars and catrinas contest.
Tuesday, November 1: at the Arcos del Malecón there will be more cultural activity with a group of singing students and Latin instrument musicians, while in the Las Palmas Delegation there will be their contest of altars and living catrinas.
Wednesday, November 2: there will be a parade of personified charros on their horses for the celebration. At the Malecón Lighthouse, there will be a show about the Historical Evolution of the Day of the Dead and a musical by La Llorona with tenors from Guadalajara. In addition, the measurement of the great catrina and the delivery of the Guinness Record will be made, and to close the day the projection of a video mapping and a spectacular pyromusical show.
Thursday, November 3: at Los Arcos del Malecón, the Xiutla Folkloric Ballet, the Mía Dance Studio show and there will be a living catrina contest will be presented.
Friday, November 4: on the same stage, a rhythmic gymnastics exhibition and the presentation of Show Coco, from the Adopt a Dancer Social Project.
On Thursday night, Puerto Vallarta kicked off the celebrations for Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with various events that will . . .
