The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
By Dale Hoyt Palfrey
Chapala is hosting an extended Day of the Dead festival this year, with diverse activities spread out between October 26 and November 2.
The program will feature a variety of special events scheduled in conjunction with the municipal government of Paztcuaro, Michoacán, distinguished internationally for its Día de Muertos traditions.
Just days after her October 12 mega-pilgrimage, the Virgin of Zapopan is back on the road again, scheduled for her traditional thanksgiving tour of Lake Chapala communities to mark the end of the 2025 rainy season.
Ajijic’s month-long devotions to Nuestra Señora del Rosario will come to a close on Friday, October 31, with a grand village celebration.
Axixic Vive is the title of the local Pueblo Mágico Día de Muertos celebrations, organized this year under the slogan “The Lake is Our Tradition.” The village will be bustling with dozens of activities from October 30 through November 2.
A man, frustrated by the skyrocket burnout during Chapala’s recent San Francisco festivities, gathered more than 500 signatures on a petition urging the local government to better regulate the incessant blasting of cohete de trueno devices.
There’s no better place to immerse yourself in Mexico’s seasonal customs than the ninth annual International Día de Los Muertos festival in Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, taking place from October 31 to November 2.
El Lago de Chapala has experienced many fluctuations since Mexican government agencies began keeping records at the beginning of the 20th century. However, the extraordinary rise of Mexico’s largest natural lake during this year’s abundant rainy season is likely to stand out in its historical records.
Ni la Muerte nos Separa is the theme of Jocotepec’s 2025 Día de los Muertos celebration.
The grounds of Ajijic’s Escuela Primaria Saul Rodiles Piña are being cleared as the first step toward the construction of a new elementary school on the Calle Hidalgo site.
