Review of the Alborada – Procession

This Friday will be the Review of the Alborada. The review is an act that gives way to one of the most representative festivities in honor of the Patron Saint of our city.

The event will begin at 5 p.m. and will leave the Aurora, Calzada de la Estación and Barrio del Valle del Maíz.

The review will consist of contingents of dance, music, stars and mojigangas, in addition to fireworks that will reach the Main Garden.

This event honors its founders, who intertwine history, tradition and folklore, 19 years after it was created by Gloria Rodriguez Navarrete with the help of the committee of festivities, customs and traditions.

La Alborada dates from December 8, 1924, a feast begun by Don Camilo González in the Temple of the Immaculate Conception, and it was not until September 1926 that, at the request of the parish priest of San Miguel Arcángel, the tradition is carried out in the iconic religious enclosure until today.

The tradition of the stars began in the factory of yarns and fabrics the “Aurora”, where every year, in the hands of Don Emigdio Ledezma, this great event is exalted with different sizes and colors.

The stars are carried by the families of San Miguel, who dance to the rhythm of the music through the main streets of the Center and up to the Main Square.

The Committee of Festivals, Customs and Traditions in coordination with the direction of Culture and Traditions, invites all the population to the Review of the Alborada, which annually pays tribute to a civilian who worked in favor of the traditions of San Miguel de Allende.

At 04:00 in the morning next Saturday will begin the Alborada in Honor of San Miguel Arcángel, in the esplanade of the Main Garden.

That same day, at 17:00 hours, there will be the entrance of Ánimas, Xúchiles, Danzas y Carros Alegóricos, with a route that will begin at the Calzada de la Estación, continues along Calle Canal, Portal Allende and ends at Correo.

On the morning of Sunday, September 29, starting at 11:00 a.m., there will be a parade of dances and allegorical carriages, which begins on Calle del Cardo and continues along Ancha de San Antonio, Zacateros, Canal, Hernández Macías, Mesones, Núñez and San Francisco.

At the end of the parade, at 1:30 in the afternoon, there will be a tribute to Fray Juan de San Miguel, next to the Parish of San Miguel Arcángel.