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Pátzcuaro lights and sound show "Yo Soy Pátzcuaro"

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“Yo Soy Pátzcuaro” – or “I Am Pátzcuaro” – is the first major sound-and-light show celebrating Pátzcuaro, and it is being held right smack in front of our very own Hotel Mansión Iturbe in the Plaza Vasco de Quiroga. Pátzcuaro lights and sound show "Yo Soy Pátzcuaro"     The show – in addition to the impressive pyrotechnics and lighting and drones – includes a cast of 100 Pátzcuaro youths, who had to go through casting and rigorous preparation to make the cut for this exciting festival.  Pátzcuaro lights and sound show "Yo Soy Pátzcuaro"   Pátzcuaro lights and sound show "Yo Soy Pátzcuaro" Dozens of mojigangas – characters on stilts – and other iconic characters of our magical town Patzcuaro dance across the Plaza Vasco de Quiroga , which becomes a multicolored stage; filled with music, lights, and fireworks.   Incredible.   Yo Soy Pátzcuaro, lights and sound in Pátzcuaro It was a very well done journey through t...

In the Sixteenth Century, Don Vasco de Quiroga took the Purépechas (indigenous) under his wing; the results of his work are evident even today.

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At the most recent International Tourism Fair in  Madrid (FITUR 2011) , the “Route of Don Vasco” was hailed as “the best cultural tourism product.” We invite you to explore that very Route of Don Vasco, beginning in Pátzcuaro – the heart of the Route.   Stay at Hotel Mansión Iturbe, located on the plaza that bears Don Vasco’s name – one of the most illustrious in all of México.             Following the Route will be a unique experience for you: you will walk in the same steps that Don Vasco de Quiroga took, and you will sense the presence of a great visionary, leader, and humanitarian – a great man who began his work almost 500 years ago, and the fruits of whose labor live on and on.             Don Vasco de Quiroga is one of the most beloved personages in all of Michoacán.   He was a great benefactor of the indigenous (Purépecha) and is still...