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Annual Events

Cozumel is host to many annually-recurring events, celebrating national and religious holidays, with festivals and carnavals.

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The list below presents an overview of the major events in the area. For a list of Area Attractions, please Click Here.

January: New Year's Day; January 1. National Holiday.
February: Constitution Day; February 5. Speeches and ceremonies commemorating this National Holiday.; Carnaval; February-March. To celebrate the approaching of Lent with parades, cockfights, fireworks, food, music and dancing.
March: Carnaval; February-March. To celebrate the approaching of Lent with parades, cockfights, fireworks, food, music and dancing.; Benito Juarez's Birthday; March 21. National Holiday honoring president and leader of the 19th-Century Reform movement.; Vernal Equinox; Late March. Visitors come to the main temple at Chichen Itza to see the descent of the serpent Kukulkan. History has it that the Maya constructed the temple in a way that during equinox a beam of sunlight creates a shadow moving down towards earth resembling a slithering snake. This ocurrence is supposed to bring out a good harvest.; Holy Week and Easter; March or April. Celebrations and processions in observance of Christ's resurrection.
April: Holy Week and Easter; March or April. Celebrations and processions in observance of Christ's resurrection.; Feast of El Cedral; Late April, Early May. Feast in honor of the founding of Cozumel.
May: Feast of El Cedral; Late April, Early May. Feast in honor of the founding of Cozumel.; Cinco de Mayo; May 5 . National holiday commemorating Mexico's defeat of the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.; Cozumel's International Billfish Tournament; Competitors from around the world compete in the waters of the Gulf.
September: Independance Day; September 16. Mexico celebrates its independance from Spain in 1821. Featuring fireworks, folk dances, mariachi bands, speeches, and plenty of decorations in Mexico's national colors: red, green and white.; Autumnal Equinox; Late September. Visitors come to the main temple at Chichen Itza to see the descent of the serpent Kukulkan. History has it that the Maya constructed the temple in a way that during equinox a beam of sunlight creates a shadow moving down towards earth resembling a slithering snake. This ocurrence is supposed to bring out a good harvest.; Feast of San Miguel; September 29. Feast of San Miguel, patron saint of the island.
November: Day of the Dead; Early November Traditionally it was believed that the spirits of the deceased returned to earth on this day. On this day, deceased relatives and friends are honored in a party-like celebration including graveside picnics.; Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution; November 20. Celebration of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 with parades, speeches and ceremonies.
December: Christmas Week Celebrations; December 25 - January 2. The festivities include breaking of pinatas, candlelight processions, nightly posadas which are reenactments of the time Joseph and Mary were searching for lodging and a two day feast commemorating the Virgen de la Soledad.

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Greater Cozumel
Annual Events