Young people go house to house in a Day of the Dead comparsa, with masked dancers, brass bands, community altars and games in the cemetery.
Next dates
November 1 – 3, 2026
The year after: November 1 – 3, 2027
These are the traditional dates. Programs are announced a few weeks before, so check with the town before you book.
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- Fiesta days
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Todos los Santos: what happens
- Costumed comparsas with local bands
- Mascaradas
- Funeral concerts
- Prayers at community altars
- Traditional games in the cemetery
- Pan de yema
Plan your visit to Capulálpam de Méndez
Tours in Capulálpam de Méndez
Guided tours, tastings, and day trips in and around Capulálpam de Méndez.
Tour of the Sierra Juárez, Ixtlán, Guelatao and Capulálpam
★ 3.9 (7) · From US$128
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.
The Capulálpam de Méndez travel guide · How to get to Capulálpam de Méndez
More fiestas in Capulálpam de Méndez
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December 16 – 24
Posadas
The December posadas are kept in the run-up to Christmas.
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March 21 – 28
Holy Week
The town observes Holy Week.
Moves every year; next: March 21 – 28, 2027.
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September 11 – 22
Feria de San Mateo Apóstol
The annual fair for San Mateo Apóstol, with a calenda of decorated floats, dancing to the brass band, fireworks and jaripeo.
Feria de San Mateo Apóstol: dates and what to see →
Other fiestas in November
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La Cantada
Naolinco, Veracruz · November 1
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Festival de la Luz y de la Vida
Chignahuapan, Puebla · October 31 – November 2
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Day of the Dead
Copainalá, Chiapas · November 1 – 2
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Feria Nacional de la Plata Taxco, Guerrero · November
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Festival de las Almas Valle de Bravo, Estado de México · October 30 – November 7