7 Cities and Towns in the State of Michoacan

By Liliana Elena Gonzalez

@mexatua

Morelia Morelia is the beautiful colonial capital city of the state of Michoacan. It’s located in the Mexican southwest part. The population is around one million.

Patzcuaro

Patzcuaro is one of Mexico’s most important domestic tourist destinations, a so-called “magic town” that lures thousands of visitors with its charming [...]

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2011 Globos De Cantoya National Festival In Paracho

By Liliana Elena Gonzalez

@mexatua

Paracho is a small town in the mountains of Michoacan,located west of Morelia (1.5 hour driving) and Patzcuaro (about 40 minutes driving). It has a population around 16,500 and it is also known as the Guitar capital of the World,because more than half of their population is devoted to [...]

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2010 Globos De Cantoya National Festival In Paracho

By Liliana Elena Gonzalez

@mexatua

This year festival will take place next weekend, starting Friday July 23rd, Saturday and Sunday 26th, 2010 in the Casa de la Cultura Uantaperakua located in the main plaza.

As every year, there will be a contest with participants from several states within Mexico and Spain as the special [...]

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Guitar Festival in Paracho, August 2 to 9, 2009

Paracho de Verduzco in Michoacan, is the Guitar Capital of Mexico. The small town located about half an hour north of Uruapan on Highway 37, has a population of about 16,500. The whole town is involved in the guitar industry, there are small factories and storefronts dedicated to the production of guitars and or guitar [...]

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Globos de Cantoya National Contest in Paracho

By Liliana Elena Gonzalez

@mexatua

Globo de Cantoya is a big balloon made out of thousands of china paper sheets (from 4 to 2000+) impelled to the sky by a hot device. They are made in different shapes and sizes, picturing animals, persons, geometrical figures, you name it.

 

The contest will be held [...]

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