Geranium Fair is present in Tingambato – MonitorExpresso.com

Morelia, Michoacán. – The Municipal President of Tingambato met at the house of the people, the State Congress, to make a cordial invitation to all people interested in acquiring a geranium and living first-hand the experience of a 100 percent cultural fair, to attend the thirty-third edition of its fair. Marisol López Figueroa, came to the capital of Michoacán to promote the traditional geranium cutting fair, based in the municipality she manages, since she guarantees that it is an unmissable experience that she will have from March 22 to 25 of this year. “The 33rd edition of the geranium fair will be 100 percent cultural, full of colors, aromas, charm, embroidery, and hardworking men and women,” he said.  Among the attractions, the municipality said that visitors will not find palenques, jaripeos, sale of alcoholic beverages or gambling, because they were prohibited because she said that this mechanism “invites families to live together in a healthy way from 10 in the morning until almost 11 at night.” The mayor reported that this fair would have free access and referred that the municipality is located approximately an hour and a half from Morelia, “we are exactly between Pátzcuaro and Uruapan, halfway, and access is by the free road.” Likewise, he shared that this fair is among the 10 best traditional festivals in the state, but that the current goal is to be among the best 5. Regarding the line of expectations, López Figueroa announced that for the 2024 geranium fair, “1 million pesos in investment was authorized, and it is expected to have at least a spill of 1 million 600 thousand [pesos mexicanos]”; These came from an expected influx of “15 thousand visitors onwards”. “Normally, visitors are regional, from neighboring municipalities, but foreigners are expected to arrive as well,” he adds. And if you are contemplating accompanying the municipality and the more than 258 exhibitors, don’t worry because “together with the Ministry of Tourism an inn and a hotel were registered to receive tourists, the ‘Airbnb’ modality will also be used where some families from Tingambato will be able to host visitors,” although he warned that previously, those interested in offering ‘Airbnb’ service, must register in a registry where they will be taken into account to later give them training.What to find at the geranium fair? López Figueroa announced that, in addition to meeting warm and friendly people, there will be plant and traditional food for sale, there will be floriculture, music and traditional gastronomy, as well as handicrafts. “On the 22nd there will be the reception of special guests and later there will be a tour for the cutting of the inaugural ribbon of the fair; there will be a dance of the Moors, of the Negritos as part of the cultural identity of the municipality, there will also be orchestras, ballets, and a trio from Veracruz.” “Meeting of kurpites of Caltzontzin and Angaguan; atole, embroidery, fraying contests; there are clarinet and trumpet ensembles,” he said, “we are the municipality that has the most women philharmonics.” To feed himself, he warned that there will be mole, churipo, quesadillas, enchiladas, among other cravings. And he said that the costs of the food “are affordable,” as well as the geraniums, which you can buy “for 80 pesos or more, depending on their characteristics.” As if this is not enough, he pointed out that visitors can also find as attractions “an archaeological zone, religious tourism and an ecological reserve”. He ended his speech by calling his administration and management capacity “a young government and a disruptive government” which “decided to use new scenarios without losing its essence.” And when she points out that they are going to use new stages, she talks about “using the façade of the presidency and a traditional house alluding to the architecture of Tingambato, in addition to opening the people’s theater.”

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