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    This section gives you access to information about the cultural activities around the Lake Chapala, Mexico area .

     Every village in Mexico has a plaza where people gather for special events as well as regularly on Sunday evening. It is delightful to see that “old-fashioned courting” is very much alive in Mexico. Mexican children, on average, are very well behaved and respectful, with the older ones looking after the youngsters without complaint and actually seeming to enjoy it.  There are numerous fiestas in the plazas in each of the villages depending on the occasion and time of year. There will be music, food and, of course, fireworks galore. Some of the local fiestas run a week to 10 days long and at the end of each night, there will be a special fireworks structure called a castillo. It is amazing. It is created to allow one section of fireworks after another to go off, taking about an hour in total. 

    The links below will take you to specific areas of information that will help you with learning to live at Lake Chapala Mexico.

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