Reach Oaxaca City By Bus For Day Of The Dead
Reach Oaxaca by bus from Tucson for the end of October Day of the Dead celebration.
Update October 26, 2013
Oaxaca by Bus
Reach Oaxaca from Tucson by first going to Guadalajara on Tufesa Bus and then taking Primera Plus Bus to Mexico City. From Mexico City take ADO bus direct to Oaxaca City.
Day of the Dead Schedules Link to cemetery night schedules, places and times
Reach Oaxaca for the Easter Festival
Semana Santa, The Silent Parade,
Reach Oaxaca by bus from Tucson for the end of October Day of the Dead celebration.
Update October 26, 2013
Oaxaca by Bus
Reach Oaxaca from Tucson by first going to Guadalajara on Tufesa Bus and then taking Primera Plus Bus to Mexico City. From Mexico City take ADO bus direct to Oaxaca City.
Day of the Dead Schedules Link to cemetery night schedules, places and times
Families decorate the tombs
during the Day of the Dead
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Reach the Day of the Dead from
the US Border via Tufesa Bus
, Omnibus, or Chihuahuenses Bus
and then ADO
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Semana Santa, The Silent Parade,
Oaxaca Mexico,
- Silent Parade
Easter is one of Oaxaca City's most important festivals.
On the Friday before Easter Sunday, an unusual parade takes place in the cobbled streets of Oaxaca City, the Silent Parade.
- Good Friday
This Silent Parade on Good Friday is a custom found throughout the Catholic world in Europe and was brought to Mexico by the Spanish colonists in the 1500s.
In the huge State of Oaxaca the celebration can have unique touches as the local ethnic cultures add their indigenous practices, particularly in remote mountain villages such as Apoala.
The Silent Parade in Oaxaca City takes place on Friday of Holy Week or Semana Santa. The celebration is a solemn march by hooded men carrying replica crosses and the many statues that have been removed from the churches for the occasion.
From the European style churches, many built in the 1600s, the parade winds its way through the cobbled streets of the preserved colonial center of the city and makes stops along the way for prayers and for the recitation of the Stations of the Cross, a Catholic ritual of rememberance of the sufferings of Jesus.
This twilight parade by hooded men and costumed women is indeed a solemn and spectacular event and perhaps the most interesting of many unique festivals that take place in Oaxaca City.
- Silent Parade in the Villages
Oaxaca City is surrounded by 10,000 foot mountains and is the center of a thriving indigenous population with 11 or so languages still spoken within the mountainous state. The city was built in a valley at 5000 feet and the surrounding mountains have isolated the villages somewhat and perpetuated the speaking of the ancient languages and the practice of the old customs and many ancient rituals that are still practiced in the remote villages.
Oaxaca Bus Service connects the city with nearly every village and provides a way for the people of the mountains to visit the city for regional festivals. The Semana Santa festival draws people from all over the State who bring a blend of beliefs and practices to Oaxaca City where they combine the colonial Spanish, modern European, and indigenous cultures to give Oaxaca a flair for spectacle unique in Mexico.
The costumes with the conical hoods
are also found in European parades
commemorating the crucifixion
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Bus service and van service in Oaxaca City also makes it possible for visitors to visit the remote villages for the silent Parades and Easter Week festivals.
Semana Santa in Oaxaca City or in the villages on the Friday before Easter is perhaps the most interesting of the many unique festivals that take place in Oaxaca.
Oaxaca City, Silent Parade in front of
Santo Domingo Church, Easter Week , Oaxaca City, Mexico |
Reach Oaxaca from the US border by Tufesa Bus to Guadalajara, or Omnibus, or Estrella Blanca's Futura and Chihuahuenses Buses to Mexico City. ADO Buses reach Oaxaca from Puebla
and Mexico City
Next: Guelaguetza,
Day of the Dead
Night of the Radishes
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