Stroll through Puerto Vallarta is always an experience of discovery. Its magnificent natural charms fall in love with you in every step, and its beaches and forests invite you to contemplation and adventure. For its little streets and enjoy the magic of a village that preserves its beautiful colonial buildings, creating urban landscapes extremely admirable. But above all things Puerto Vallarta is the home of the culture, the exact place where you manifest some of the most genuine expressions and authentic mexican, come To discover them!
Walking on the Malecon, during the pleasant tardecitas, enjoying the breathtaking scenery that gives the Pacific, you’ll find one of the expressions most wonderful, and yet more strange, that this city has. On a huge pillar, about 15 meters high, a group of people challenged to the limits and come up to the top to start one of the most sacred rites of the country: the spectacle of the Voladores of Papantla.
This ceremony, historians and archaeologists, has its first manifestations makes approximately 1500 years ago, in the center of the country, and was made in honor of the Sun God, asking for prosperity in the crops. Were the dancers totonacos of Papantla, which popularized this bizarre and dangerous ritual, which little by little was spreading to other regions. Through the years it was varying its reasons and its forms, but the spirit remains intact in these brave men who challenge the heights.
It prepares your camera, because you will be in the presence of one of the most important events of Mexico!, proof of this is that in the year 2009 was proclaimed Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. You will hear the sweet sounds of a flute while four other brave, which represent fire, earth, water and air, allowed to fall by rotating about the pole. The silence of the crowd that is gathered, the children cover their eyes and the women grab their heads, speak of the risks faced by these brave and thrill in the spectators.
On vacation, do not miss witnessing the spectacle of the Voladores of Papantla get to Know the most famous event in Puerto Vallarta! One of the moments reign supreme in your stay at this beautiful city. In addition, the backdrop is always the best. You’ll be able to admire this ritual at the time that the ocean is rocking slightly, creating colors and sounds, which are always much welcomed.
How many great proposals that presents the beautiful Puerto Vallarta! A site where you can enjoy absolutely everyone. Aquatic and terrestrial sports, entertainment, shopping, the best cuisine of Jalisco, the most stunning beaches of the Pacific and the most fascinating cultural aspects of Mexico await you in a destination that is 365 days of the year with the best kindness to the travellers who come looking to spend the best days of their lives.
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