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Festivities
For the people of Sahagun City, festivities are very important. The main ones are:


 * The September 15thParade, the Mexican Independence Day, where most of the local schools participate.
 * The November 20thParade takes place through the main streets of the city where schools focus on a single topic: the extracurricular activities of each campus. The students show their sports and cultural skills.
 * The anniversary of the founding of the city, which is celebrated the second week of October. Cultural, artistic and sports events are held that entire week at Rodrigo Gómez Square (Downtown).
 * The pilgrimage of December 12th. The tradition is to form an allegorical float and walk around with images of the Virgin of Guadalupe through the main streets of the city until you reach the main church, located in front of Rodrigo Gómez Square. The allegorical floats are adorned with flowers and accompanied by music. At the end, each image of the virgin is placed in the church and the parish priest presides over a special mass. Once this is finished, people are invited to watch the fireworks show that takes place at Rodrigo Gómez Square.
 * Hidalgo's Paper Globe Festival . This tradition began in 2008 and is celebrated on the second weekend of the month of December. This festival consists of making and releasing paper balloons.
 * National Huapango Competition . This competition takes place during the fair.