Holy Passion
April 10th, 2006 by Steve Bridger filed under Cancún
After the season of fasting and penitence, for many in Mexico, Easter is a time for processions, altars, flagellations and realistic reenactments of the crucifixion.
Unrepentants flock to the beaches over Semana Santa (Holy Week) and Christmas, something I remember well when I lived on the Pacific coast of Michoacán.
Cancún will fill up this week, particularly from Thursday to Sunday. Many will bus in from neighbouring states, filling hotel rooms and the cinder-block rooms of friends and relatives in equal measure.
All in all, it’s an especially bankable time for taquerias and coctelerías and smaller restaurants in el centro.
Hotel occupancy and business fall off quickly the day after Easter, the end of high season.
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