The 2nd Traditional and Popular Food Festival Gears Up VisitPuertoVallarta.com
go to original October 17, 2012

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The 2nd Traditional and Popular Food Festival is ready to open in downtown Puerto Vallarta from October 25 to 27, with nine states in Mexico participating.

This delicious event will become a tradition in Puerto Vallarta, as it has the sponsorship of CONACULTA (the Regional Board for Arts and Culture), the Ministry of Culture for the State of Jalisco and the direction of Ignacio Cadena, President of the Puerto Vallarta Hotels and Motels Association.

It is a culinary event that will include cultural entertainment. There will be traditional cuisine as well as lectures and book presentations related to gastronomy. Mexico Mariachi and the city’s folkloric dance troupe, Xuitla Ballet, will perform in addition to a "Miss Tequila" contest.

The creation of the festival came following the declaration of Mexican food as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, as a way to develop strategies to preserve our cultural cuisine.

Participating states are:
• Aguascalientes
• Colima
• Jalisco
• Michoacán
• Guanajuato
• Nayarit
• Querétaro
• San Luis Potosi
• Zacatecas

Activities will include book presentations and lectures; food preparation; exhibitions and food tastings; artistic presentations; tequila tastings and pairings; film series; and Miss Tequila Competition.

The lectures will be hosted in the Friendly Hotel Auditorium; City Hall will host the exhibition and tasting dishes; artistic presentations will take place in the Main Square Pavilion (opposite City Hall); and, the Miss Tequila Competition will be at the Aquiles Serdan Theatre (the arches on the Malecón).