210
kilometers (130.49 miles) from Morelia
170 kilometers (105.63 miles) from Zitacuaro
The
word Huetamo comes from the Chichimeca and means "Four
chiefs" or "Four coming from the Chichimeca word hue-tamu.
The town was founded in 1533 by Juan Bautista Moya. Vicente
Rivapalacio wrote Gusto Federal and Adios Mama Carlota.
Holidays:
- Third Friday
of Lent: Festivity in Cuitzeo
- Holy Week:
Representation of Jesus Passion
- June 24:
Day of St. John the Baptist, the town's patron saint
- Independence
Festivities (September): Bullfights, traditional
- Guananchas,
serenades, and the lighting of fireworks in the shape of
castles and bulls.
- October:
The historic procession of riders of Morelos, which begins
in
- Indaparapeo
and ends in Huetamo.
- November
3: Rustic marathon in the Balsas River with kayaks and boats
made by hand with tires, sticks, etc. and the Nautical Marathon.
- December
1 to 31: Agricultural, cattle, handcraft and commercial
fair with cockfights and horse races.
Altitude above the sea level: 240 meters (787.4 ft.)
Temperature: Maximum 40°C (104°F), minimum 22°C
(71.6°F)
Gastronomy:
Aporreado (Dry meat cooked with scramble eggs and chili
sauce), Puercos beans (Beans cooked with different meats and
chili), uchepos (sweet tamal made of tender corn) with curdled
milk, mole (Stew prepared with dry chili, tomatoes and spices)
with tamales nejos (corn meal wrapped in corn husk), iguana
cooked in different ways, toqueres, tamales (corn meal wrapped
in corn husk), quail, chili sauce with mango or prune, panochas
of sesame seed, shúmata, manacata, baked fruit
and lechedura.
We
recommend to visit:
- Bathing resorts
- Guarimio
Grots
- Bathing resorts
La Libertad, La Alondra and Quenchendio
- Churches
Huetamo, Cuitzeo, Purechucho and St. Lucas.
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