Good Friday processions in San Miguel
By Jesus Ibarra March 21, 2008 San Miguel de Allende

One of San Miguel de Allende’s main tourist attractions and a highlight of the Holy Week celebrations are two processions held on Good Friday: the Sacred Encounter and Priest’s Passing and the Holy Burial.

These impressive spectacles have endured for generations and bring venerated statues from the principal churches into the streets for a unique remembrance of the Passion of Christ. 

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Forums & Letters It isn’t that businesses shouldn’t be established in San Miguel, just that they should be sensitive to the town’s reality, its surroundings, its traditions, its own culture. In Florence, Cuenca, or Bruges, the stores, businesses and restaurants are native: they belong to the place.

Theater The 5th Annual Puppet Festival comes to town with a program to enchant children and adults alike. Free performances can be seen in the Jardín esplanade March 24–30.

Film As teenagers, Siobhan Bryne and Dagmar Hellman lived through World War II. Fast forward 60 years. Interview footage shot in Teatro Santa Ana along with personal photographs, archival material and wartime radio broadcasts create a 55-minute documentary premiering here March 28.

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