Fiesta de Culturas Comunitarias 2026 in Mexico City, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico City): President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said the Fiesta de Culturas Comunitarias 2026: Voces vivas, salvando al fuego will take place on Saturday, November 7, at 5:30 p.m. in the Zócalo of Mexico City.
She also said the Original. Encuentro de Arte Textil, Decorativo y Utilitario will be held at the Los Pinos Cultural Complex from November 12 to 15.
Both events aim to recognize, honor and promote Mexico’s cultural greatness.
Sheinbaum said at her morning press conference that both events seek to recognize and promote Mexican culture, which she described as a source of pride that does not exist anywhere else in the world. She added that the Fiesta de Culturas Comunitarias recognizes the legacy of Indigenous peoples through children, while Original allows artisans to earn a dignified living from their work.
Federal Culture Secretary Claudia Curiel de Icaza said more than 1,000 children and young people from 181 municipalities in 28 states have been invited to sing at the Zócalo. They come from the Casas de Canto Cuicallis, the Semilleros Creativos and children’s choirs created under the Plan Michoacán por la Paz y la Justicia.
The staging will feature a monumental choir and orchestra and will be performed in 17 indigenous languages, including Chichimeca Jonaz, Chontal of Oaxaca, Maya, Mazahua, Mixtec, Nayeri, Nahuatl, Otomi, P’urhépecha, Rarámuri, Tének, Southern Tepehuan, Tlapanec, Totonac, Tsotsil, Wixárika and Zapotec. Channel 22 will broadcast the event starting at 6:30 p.m.
Original will run from November 12 to 15 at the Los Pinos Cultural Complex with 580 master artisans and about 174,000 pieces. Admission is free from 10:30 a.m.
to 8:30 p.m., according to Deputy Secretary of Cultural Development Marina Núñez Bespalova. Artisans from Canada, China, Chile, Colombia, Ghana, Norway, New Zealand, Paraguay and Peru will also take part, and a Música Original festival will be held on November 12.
Among the new features is Taller Original, a product line sold only through the National Fund for the Promotion of Handicrafts (Fonart), which provides a special bonus to artisans.
