JANUARY.

January 1 in some Tzotzil and Tzeltal communities are made takeovers of traditional authorities.

Feast of San Sebastian 15-23 January. The city of Chiapa of Corzo holds a mixed integration with a communal ritual, the most famous and intense in the world of Chiapas: the feast of parachicos, "The great Feast  of Chiapa", the whole city participates in a top traditional celebrations in Mexico culminating in the large meal,  eaten communally. This festival is famous for the colorful parade of parachicos - masked dancers- a parade of floats is headed by the representation of the legendary figure of the benefactress Mrs. Maria de Angulo and simulation of a naval battle with fireworks that takes out in the Grijalva River the night of January 21. Special masses are officiate and perform traditional dances.

FEBRUARY.

Carnivals (variables begin 4 Wednesday before Ash Wednesday).

Chamula carnival
 In San Juan Chamula. Community river reaches its culmination in the Tajimultik Kin, the most famous Indian festival of Chiapas.

Carnival  Zoque.

The origin Ocozocoautla carnival  is Zoque y masked characters involved called chores

Carnaval de Tenejapa
En Tenejapa,  danzan las maruchas acompañadas con el toro de petate.

Tenejapa Carnival.

In Tenejapa,  maruchas dance with the bull of petate.

MARCH.

Holy  week (variable)
Celebrations across the state: Importants are the processions of silence in San Cristobal de las Casas and images Zinacantan.

APRIL.

Spring Fair and Peace in San Cristóbal (Palm Sunday begins at the end of Easter) The most important festival of the city, with different social and cultural events,  popular dances with marimba and musical bands, in addition to a party for each of the neighborhoods of the city.

MAY.  

Feast of Santa Cruz May 3.
In Zinacantan rise to ornate crosses throughout the town. The devotion of the cross goes beyond pasionero Christian meaning, then remember to turn to the old conception of the universe divided into four parts. It is also an image of maize, the real axis of the world and the indigenous Mesoamerican current.

JUNE.

Feast of St. Anthony – Simojovel  9-15 June.
s the feast of patron saint in the land of amber. The devotion of a saint Franciscan in Simojovel is remnant of the colony Huitiupan constituted the guardian of one of the few holdouts Franciscan Dominican land.

JULY.

Feast of St. Christopher martyr  17-25 July.
Is one of the most important festivals and celebrations of St. Christopher, and held the patron saint of the city whose iconographic attribute, one palm, appears on the state seal. This festival takes place from the heights of San Cristobal hill which makes it quite showy where all residents and drivers in particular come to visit the patron saint.

 Feast of St. James the Apostle - Tenejapa July 25.
All stewards, ensign and traditional authorities to come to church carrying candles, incense and posh as an offering to the Lord, entreat him by prayers and prayers for the welfare of the community.

AUGUST.

Saint Sunday 1-10 August.
Evangelization conducted in Chiapas by the Dominicans have at this event one of its most current consequences. Santo Domingo is the patron of Comitan de Domínguez in San Cristobal however the celebration of this saint is also of great importance.

SEPTEMBER.

Celebrations in the whole state.
 In Chiapas the holidays last longer because it adds the 14 day celebration, when recalls the federation to Mexico in 1824.

OCTOBER.

 Baroque Festival-San Cristobal. Late October.
Is the most important cultural festival of San Cristobal de las Casas, some of the shows presented are brought from the Cervantino Festival in Guanajuato, in addition to artists from around the world its different facets. Different art forms developed in courts, temples and plazas.

NOVEMBER.

All Saints Day and Day of the Dead - All state 1 and November 2.
Flowers are placed in tombs to honor the faithful departed, special dishes are prepared as part of the offering altars are decorated with candles and flowers with which the family spend the day accompanying their dead and pray for their souls.
In indigenous communities, these celebrations are unique because there are mixtures of Christianity and beliefs of each people.

 St Andrew's Day-Larrainzar November 30.
 Patron Saint of this population Tzotzil de los Altos, famous for several reasons, including textiles.

DECEMBER.

 Fair Chiapas - Tuxtla Gutierrez, the end of November.
Leading commercial fair in the capital and one of the most outstanding region in southeastern Mexico.

 Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe - December 12 entire state.

In San Cristóbal this holiday is particularly since the celebrations run from the square of Guadalupe is located in a hill and down the center of the royal city of Guadalupe, one of the most important of Chiapas.