SEMANA SANTA: Some days before Easter until some days after Easter Monday (April 6 - 22, 2009)
GUELAGUETZA: from the Monday before the first "Lunes del Cerro" (the
2nd-to-last Monday in July) until the Monday following the 2nd "Lunes del Cerro" (the
last Monday in July)... (July 17 to August 2, 2009)
MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY: (Miguel Hidalgo delivered El Grito de Dolores, and announced the Mexican revolt against Spanish rule.) – September 16, and possibly the nearest weekend...(September 12 - 15, 2009)
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: October 25 to November 5
MEXICAN REVOLUTION DAY: (Mexican Revolution of 1910, official Mexican holiday.) – November 20, and possibly the nearest weekend...(November 20 - 24, 2009)
WINTER HOLIDAYS: December 15 to January 15