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46th Annual Fiesta Coming To Tumacacori National Historical Park

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November 24, 2016

The annual La Fiesta de Tumacacori at Tumacacori National Historical Park will be held on December 3 and 4/NPS

The 46th Annual Fiesta at Tumacacori National Historical Park in Arizona will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, December 3, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 4. Admission is free. The two-day event will feature Native American, Mexican, and Southwest food, crafts, and performances.

La Fiesta de Tumacácori is a celebration of all the cultures which have lived in and influenced the historical Santa Cruz Valley. The two-day event will feature Native American, Mexican, and Southwest food, crafts, and performances. A multicultural Catholic Mass will be celebrated in front of the historic Tumacácori Mission church on Sunday morning, led by Bishop José Leopoldo Gonzales Gonzales, of the new Nogales Diocese in Sonora.

Dozens of local non-profit historical, cultural, environmental, and religious organizations will be selling food and hand-crafted items. On the main stage, there will be all-day, continuous entertainment, featuring a variety of dance and music groups representing many cultural traditions. Visitors can enjoy demonstrations of paper flower making, rawhide braiding, tortilla-making, and O’odham basket weaving. Guided tours of the mission will be available both days, as well as guided walks to the Santa Cruz River and tours of the park’s heritage orchard. In the hands-on “Discovery Corner,” there will be family-friendly activities such as piñata breaking, adobe brick making, historical clothing, and nature-based games. Visitors to the fiesta will be able to collect stamps at each activity and earn prizes.

On Sunday morning at 10 a.m., a procession begins in front of the visitor center, leading through the fiesta grounds and ending in front of the mission church. The multicultural Catholic Mass begins when the procession arrives, approximately 10:30 a.m. Please note that no photos are permitted during the procession or mass, or while sacred dances are being performed. (“NO PHOTOS” signs will be posted prominently at restricted times and locations.)

Only service animals are allowed on the mission grounds or fiesta grounds. Tumacácori’s Anza Trailhead is closed to equestrian access during the fiesta.

Tumacacori National Historical Park is located 45 miles south of Tucson and 15 miles north of Nogales.

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