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Most immigrant residents of the lakeshore region don’t keep a pulse on local, state and national politics. As the 2024 election season lies on horizon, here’s what is in store for the next 12 months.

Lakeside cemeteries literally come to life when the Día de Muertos season rolls around.

Halloween parties

• 4to Sentido restaurant will host a Halloween party, Friday, October 27, 4 to 6 p.m. Blue Jay Slim and the Blues Machine will perform. Tickets are 150 pesos.

All the hoopla we see wrapped around the upcoming November 2 Día de Muertos holiday is not even vaguely similar to what I experienced when I put down roots at lakeside 50 years ago.

Out of Jalisco’s 125 municipalities, 105 have names derived  from physical descriptions expressed principally in the indigenous Náhuatl and Coca tongues.

As Chapala heads towards the October 4 end of celebrations honoring patron saint San Francisco de Asís, Ajijic is already gearing up for the first of its fall religious festivities, a 31-day tribute to La Virgen del Rosario.