Although the state of Guanajuato is home to the agro-industrial cities of Leon, Irapuato, Salamanca and Celaya, this Mexican state is more known for the colonial towns and historical centers of Guanajuato, San Miguel del Allende and Dolores Hidalgo.
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A June 9, 2011 Press Release from DFW International Airport has announced new flights to the destinations of Mazatlan, Sinaloa on Mexico’s Pacific coast, and Morelia, Michoacan, in central Mexico.
Daily, non-stop American Eagle flights will serve Mazatlan with 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145 jet aircraft and Morelia with 44-seat Embraer ERJ-140 jet aircraft.
To read the complete press release, please visit http://www.dfwairport.com/pressroom/American_Eagle_Mazatlan_Morelia.php
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The harshness and rough edges of life in the Tierra Caliente of Mexico, a region of the interior highlands of Guerrero, Michoacan and Mexico state, have over the years forged a generation of some of Mexico´s most evocative and poetic musicians. The faces, music, loves and lives of some of these have been captured on a documentary titled Tierra Caliente produced and directed by Francisco Vargas Quevedo. The film features calentano musicians don Angel Tavira, Juan
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The small villages around Lake Patzcuaro each specialize in a different local craft. These include the communities of Janitzio, Ihuatzio, Tzintzuntzán, Quiroga, Tocuaro and Erongarícuaro.
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Mexico’s Tierra Caliente region in Guerrero, Michoacan and Mexico state is the cradle of Calentano Music, a lively melding of music, poetry and dance to the strains of violins, guitars and drums.
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Regional specialties in Patzcuaro and the hills of Michoacan state include Aporreadillo, Atole, Buñuelos con miel, Charales, Corundas, Pescado blanco or Pátzcuaro whitefish, Sopa Tarasca and Michoacan’s famous homemade natural ice creams.
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Every year during the festivities of Semana Santa (Holy Week — Easter), Uruapan, Michoacan is host to a large, bustling and highly colorful fair that features much of the variety of fabulous arts and crafts available from the many crafts-producing towns and municipalities of the state.
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Mexico’s Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos constitutes an important recognition and remembrance by the Mexican people of their recently and no-so-recently departed loved ones.
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Colonial Pátzcuaro is a delightful destination in the coolness of the Michoacan hills. Attractions include the many regional wood, straw, clay, metal and textile crafts, visits to the Basilica, the regional museum and the nearby island of Janitzio located in Lake Patzcuaro. Patzcuaro is well noted for the celebrations of the Day of the Dead and Holy Week at Easter, with the attending crafts fairs and pageantry.
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Pozole, a hearty hominy corn based soup, is a truly typical Mexican dish popular in the states of Jalisco, Michoacan, Mexico, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Morelos
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Uruapan is the hub of a lush agricultural area where some of the finest avocados in the world grow. Attractions include taking in the annual Easter crafts fair, walks in the Eduardo Ruiz National Park along the Rio Cupatitzio, and horseback or hiking excursions to the nearby Paracutín volcano and the lava-encompassed village of San Juan Parangaricutiro
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The village of Santa Clara del Cobre is located about 20 miles from and above Patzcuaro, Michoacan. The town is in what used to be a major copper producing area and its craftspeople specialize in the production of copper wares.
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