Semana Santa

Semana Santa or Holy Week is from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. It is the time when most Mexicans celebrate Easter. Over the years they have actually extended the length of the holiday to include the week after Easter Sunday. Virtually everything comes to a standstill at this time of the year and families take this opportunity to be together.

Mexico is nearly 90 percent Catholic so this religious holiday takes on a special meaning that the entire community shares and participates in.

All of Mexico celebrates Semana Santa, but certain cities and villages are better known for celebrating the holiday, and often provide reenactments of the events leading up to Christ's crucifixion on the cross. Each community celebrates the holiday with its own regional character.

Churches will be filled with those attending Mass on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.


In many cities, important religious images from the church will be displayed, traditional altars are decorated at home and in the streets, and flower decorations and palm crosses will be found everywhere.

Cascarones or coloured egg shells, filled with confetti, are broken over friends and family. This is a custom which is popular with the entire country.

Many Mexicans take their vacation at this time of the year and head to the beaches. The biggest holiday spot in Nayarit is right here in Rincon de Guayabitos.

Our streets are already getting busy with Mexican tourists and within a couple of days there will be thousands of visitors crowding our beaches, hotels and restaurants. We won't leave our casa unless absolutlely necessary. The streets and highways will be a nightmare and getting anywhere takes forever.