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San Marcos National Fair
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When:
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19 Apr - 18 May 2008 (annual)
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Where:
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Aguascalientes
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Various
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Various
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The San Marcos Fair of Aguascalientes plays host to musical shows, a rodeo, mariachi bands, beauty pageants and more, attracting 250,000 visitors every year.
The event began life as a livestock fair in 1604 and to this day remains much in the same vein. The programme also includes the choosing and crowning of the reina (festival queen), various arts, sports and gastronomic competitions, exhibitions and cinema, to name just a few. Bullfighting and cockfighting events also feature highly, so if you find the use of animals in fighting displays distasteful, then give these a miss.
For a full programme, please visit the festival website.
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