October
Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) is best known
for
his creation of Don Quixote (1605), a novel that describes the adventures of an elderly
knight and his pragmatic squire, Sancho Panza.
Cervantes is honored in a three-week festival held in Guanajuato, Mexico, featuring
orchestral music, opera, theater, dance, film, and folklore.
At the festival's opening ceremony, statues of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are lit up
by fireworks.
Although most festival events are held in the Teatro Juarez and the Teatro Principal,
amateur Mexican actors often give street performances of Cervantes's famous one-act
plays in the Plaza de San Roque.
Various musical performances are a popular attraction, as are art exhibits, children's
theater, and folkloric dance ensembles.
Full story:
https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/International+Cervantes+Festival
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