Puerto Vallarta: Tradition and Culture

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Puerto Vallarta, among its colorful city streets, lush mountains, wide beaches and soft sand, hides a life full of modern and timeless traditions that make this city a tourist place to discover.

Puerto Vallarta is a festive city where concur religious, civic, cultural and sporting events.

September 12 Events

Of the most important religious celebrations are the Guadalupanas Events taking place from November 28 to December 12; from 1 December 1 in the morning we can observe the peregrinations of neighboring villages singing Happy Birthday to the Virgin of Guadalupe. Other important festivals are the flashy celebrations of Santa Cruz , held from April 27 to May 3, in the temple of the Holy Cross, among the curiosities of these festivals are the pilgrimages accompanied by musical bands, songs and offerings to the Holy Cruz.

Fiestas de Mayo ranging from 22 to 31 this month, find the anniversary of Puerto Vallarta , designation commemorates Puerto Vallarta as a city in 1968.

End of the year, the holidays December are held, and these events a special area called is conditioned Core Aurora , where rides, the village theater where you can enjoy different stagings related festivities are installed , arena and stands of various products.

National holidays with a unique twist and color of this amazing city, commemorating the day of Aviation celebrated the festival of Jazz in Vallarta that has become a tradition in this tourist spot.

Of the most prominent sports events are the National Sea Bass Fishing Tournament in September; the International Tournament Sailfish in November and Julio; the World Golf Championship in December; the women's tennis tournament in March.

Speaking of tradition, we can not forget the traditional food that can be enjoyed in Puerto Vallarta. You will find a variety of cuisine that has evolved over time and keeps a unique tradition of this beautiful city.

Traditional Tamales Puerto Vallarta

One of the local traditional dishes is "birria", its main ingredient is goat or lamb meat cooked in a spicy sauce with different spices like cumin, oregano and ginger, served with lime juice (the lime is a citrus variety of Mexico), onions and traditional tortillas.

Another traditional and local fare state Jalisco and the city of Puerto Vallarta, is the " Pozole " which has its own variation in this location. It is a stew of pork or chicken, seasoned with chile, corn burst includes specially since served is added lettuce, radishes and toast. It can be red or white. Other states can be green.

A favorite dish is part of Mexican culture since before the Conquest, and that Puerto Vallarta is one of the traditional dishes is the quintessential " Tamal ". The local version is prepared with a mass of white corn that is filled with savory or sweet, the most popular are red or green. All include a variable degree of chile. The dough is steamed or concina bath in corn husks.

We can not forget to mention a dish but is not native to Puerto Vallarta worth trying, The "Tortas ahogadas". Originals from Guadalajara, there is a saying that if you do not have tortas ahogadas, you have not been to Guadalajara. These are some tortas made ​​on a special bread called birote, these are stuffed pork into squares, then dipped in chili sauce, if you're not used to the itching, it will be very difficult to eat, yet often offered in varying degrees of spicy, so you can choose how much you want to bite the tortas ahogadas.