Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Our Lady Of Peace Patron Saint Festival in Bucerías

Bucerías will celebrate the traditional Our Lady of Peace Patron Saint Festival from January 16th through the 24th. This is a religious celebration that has been observed for many years in the Riviera Nayarit.

The most symbolic act of the tradition is the Maritime Pilgrimage with the Peace Torch, which is escorted by boats that place themselves in the shape of a cross on January 24th.

The fishermen leave from La Cruz de Huanacaxtle and once they arrive in Bucerías attend a Mass offered for the Virgin in the Church of Our Lady of Peace. Men from all . . .

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