Leaving home on weekends can be a good way to relax from the stress of work or school. Mexico City has a wide list of recreational, cultural and musical activities that have been regenerated after the lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
On April 23 and 24, some important venues in the capital such as the Chapultepec Forest, the Zócalo, the National Center for the Arts, the National Cinematheque and the Universidad Autónoma de Mexico will be full of different dynamics to enjoy with the family. The celebrations of World Book Day or the National Day of Traditional Mexican Music cannot be missed.
Here are some activities that you can do in different locations in the CDMX for free this weekend:
Replica of the Sistine Chapel in Mexico
For the celebration of three decades of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Vatican, the only life-size reproduction of Michelangelo Buonaroti's work of the Great Tuscan was authorized to arrive in the city.
This is the second time he has visited the replica of the Sistine Chapel, being the largest work of art in the world due to its size and symbolism.
There will be a total of 150 pieces brought from the Vatican and a 15-minute explanatory video during the tour of the main vault.
To visit the exhibition, it is necessary to book free tickets through sixtinaenmexico.com although there is the alternative of training in the Zócalo to obtain admission.
The exhibition is open from April 19 and will end on May 19, 2022. Visits can be from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 6:40pm.
SEE YOU AGAIN: Eighth National Meeting on Tradition and New Roles
In October last year, the Ministry of Culture launched a call for young people between the ages of 16 and 25, musicians from indigenous peoples of the country to participate in a project that emerged in 2010.
The General Directorate of Popular Indigenous and Urban Cultures created this with the aim of promoting youth musical proposals and renewing the discourses and contents of Mexican music.
On April 23 and 24, 2022 from 12 pm, bands and soloists will be presenting the winning bands and soloists of the call at the Urban Culture Park in the third section of the Chapultepec Forest.
The concert will present different musical proposals from genres such as pop, rock, hip hop, cumbia, metal in indigenous languages. Admission is free and the quota is 4 thousand people.
Festival of the Book and the Rose
This April 22, 23 and 24, the Festival of the Book and the Rose will be held in person at the University Cultural Center spaces as well as at other venues of the Autonomous University of Mexico. This would be the fourteenth edition called Resistance and Imagination.
In the event there will be different tributes to writers such as Carlos Fuentes and various activities related to writing and reading will be held. Talks, workshops, book presentations, dialogue tables, awards, oral narrations, films and recreational and recreational activities are just some of the dynamics that will take place at this festival.
Admission is free and the program can be viewed at http://www.fiestadellibroylarosa.unam.mx/programa/programa.
In addition to being able to enjoy the weekend with various activities, you can also celebrate World Book Day, which was declared official by UNESCO on 23 April 1995, as well as commemorate the National Day of Traditional Mexican Music declared official on April 24 by the Congress of the Union.
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