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    Tradiciones Mexicanas Dia de Muertos, Huazulco Morelos

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    Huazulco

    Village Temoac, Morelos Municipality of Temoac Volcano Route

    Morelos's 'amaranth capital' in Temoac, at 1,551 m: alegrías and sugar skulls, with the Santa Catarina fiesta on 25 November. 4,439 residents.

    From Cuautla: 30 min by car (27 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Huazulco

    • From Cuautla: about 30 min by road (~27 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (MEX), 1 h 33 min by car to Tlayacapan
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    About Huazulco

    Huazulco announces itself: along the road, family shops sell palanquetas, alegrías, obleas and amaranth sugar skulls, which is why it is called the "Capital del amaranto", the state's leading producer of the plant. It is one of four communities in the municipality of Temoac, in eastern Morelos, at 1,551 m above sea level and close to the Puebla line; it had 4,439 residents in 2020, up from 2,451 in 1980.

    The name is Nahuatl and, according to INEGI, means "place of huauzontle" or "place of the hair plant". Amaranth has been grown and eaten since before the Conquest, and according to México Desconocido it was banned in colonial times and nearly died out; communities such as Huazulco, with at least 40 families, kept planting it. In 2018 Diario de Morelos visited a family workshop that made some two thousand skulls per Day of the Dead season, priced from 3 to 20 pesos, with a mix of piloncillo, vinegar and water; that year, because the local harvest was scarce, the family had to bring grain from Puebla. In 2025 Tus Buenas Noticias reported palanquetas from 3 pesos and skulls at 6.

    The big fiesta is for Santa Catarina, the village's patron saint: the fair dance opens on 24 November and the 25th is the main day, with a welcome arch and a sawdust carpet in front of the sanctuary. Holy Week also brings a fair more than a kilometre long, with wood and clay crafts. According to Wikipedia (es), the traditional fair runs from 24 to 26 November.

    How to get to Huazulco

    Drive from Cuautla: 30 min, 27 km

    Huazulco is in eastern Morelos, about 20 km from Cuautla in a straight line (roughly 25 to 40 minutes by car) and about 31 km from Tlayacapan. México Desconocido gives about 2 hours from Mexico City and 1 hour 15 minutes from Cuernavaca or Puebla; Tus Buenas Noticias estimates 1 hour 20 minutes from Cuernavaca.

    From Mexico City take the Mexico–Cuautla toll road (115D) to Cuautla and continue on the Cuautla–Izúcar de Matamoros road (Mexico 160), then towards Temoac and Huazulco. From Cuernavaca use 138D and a stretch of 160; from Puebla, the Siglo XXI toll road (160D) towards Izúcar de Matamoros.

    By bus, Pullman de Morelos and other lines run from the Terminal Sur (Taxqueña) to Cuautla in about 2 hours; from Cuernavaca there are also buses to Cuautla. In Cuautla, take a colectivo that goes straight to Huazulco, according to Tus Buenas Noticias; ask for the Temoac–Huazulco route. The sweet shops are right on the road, so you do not need to go into the centre to reach them.

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    Before you go to Huazulco: hours, prices and tips

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    Fiesta of Santa Catarina: fair dance on 24 November, main day 25 November, with a welcome arch and sawdust carpet at the sanctuary. Holy Week fair of more than 1 km with wood and clay crafts. Day of the Dead sugar skulls are made in October. Noticias de Cuautla; México Desconocido · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Huazulco: what to see and do

    Buy amaranth alegrías, palanquetas and obleas in the roadside shops.
    Visit a workshop and watch the sugar skulls being made with piloncillo, in Day of the Dead season.
    Step into the Santa Catarina sanctuary and its atrium.
    Come on 24 and 25 November for the fair dance, arch and sawdust carpet.
    Come at Holy Week for the wood and clay crafts fair.
    Continue along the Ruta del Trueque to Zacualpan de Amilpas and Yecapixtla.

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    Pick up a car at MEX (Mexico City): about 1 h 33 min by road to Tlayacapan, then 31 km more to Huazulco, on your own schedule.

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    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mexico City (MEX), about 1 h 33 min by road from Tlayacapan, the base for Huazulco.

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    When to go to Huazulco mild

    Huazulco shares the climate of Tlayacapan, 31 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

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