La Huerta: Traditions

The traditions in La Huerta is what brings the people together to celebrate and also the time when people living in the United States come back to celebrate with the people of their town. There are two important traditions we will talk about today.

August 15: People of all ages, sizes and gender ride their horses from town to town with a traditional Mexican band behind them. Once they get to their destination the whole crowd gathers together in teams to create t-shirts and floats. After the floats are made each team shows off their float in a parade and also the "queen of the day" is announced and walks around at this parade. The night ends with a dance at the town square.
You can watch the full event below!

Another important tradition is a dance for the whole town where they raise funds to later be used for the town with any expenses they need to cover. After the dance the whole town is invited to each a variety of traditional Mexican foods as a way to give back to the people.