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    Stone church of San Mateo with its two red-domed towers, Capulálpam de Méndez, Oaxaca

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    Red-tiled roofs and the valley below Capulálpam, Capulálpam de Méndez, Oaxaca

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    Gilded main altarpiece of the church of San Mateo, Capulálpam de Méndez, Oaxaca

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    Plate of fried mojarra with salad and beans, Capulálpam de Méndez, Oaxaca

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    Local band playing traditional music, Capulálpam de Méndez, Oaxaca

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    Feria de San Mateo Apóstol in Capulálpam de Méndez

    The annual fair for San Mateo Apóstol, with a calenda of decorated floats, dancing to the brass band, fireworks and jaripeo.

    Next dates

    September 11 – 22, 2027

    The year after: September 11 – 22, 2028

    These are the traditional dates. Programs are announced a few weeks before, so check with the town before you book.

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    How to get to Capulálpam de Méndez

    • From Oaxaca: about 1 h 17 min by car (74 km)
    • Nearest airport: Oaxaca (OAX), 1 h 27 min by car to Capulálpam de Méndez
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    About Capulálpam de Méndez

    Capulálpam de Méndez is a Zapotec mountain town in Oaxaca's Sierra Norte, surrounded by community-protected pine and oak forest. Its 16th-century church of San Mateo keeps a carved wooden ceiling and large hand-carved altarpieces, and the streets are lined with traditional houses. Visitors come for the Traditional Medicine Center, where local healers offer limpias, massages, herbal remedies, and temazcal baths, and for brass band music, mole, pan de yema, tepache, and family-distilled mezcal.

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    More fiestas in Capulálpam de Méndez

    1. Todos los Santos

      Young people go house to house in a Day of the Dead comparsa.

    2. Posadas

      The December posadas are kept in the run-up to Christmas.

    3. Holy Week

      The town observes Holy Week.

      Moves every year; next: March 21 – 28, 2027.

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