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Abasolo, Coahuila - Mexico
Some of the common characterizing
factors of
the small communities of Coahuila are: the mildness and calmness
of their areas, the total absence
of crime and the manifesting hospitality of its inhabitants.
Abasolo is not left behind. Besides cultivating
wheat, sorghum, corn and alfalfa and raising a little livestock,
its inhabitants portray the folklore of their traditions
with a festival in honor of San Vicente Ferrer (in April) and
the Birdseed Fair (end of June, beginning of July), complete with horse races
and cock fighting.
If
its food you are after, try the cortadillo (chopped seasoned
beef), chorreado bread (marble bread), nut rolls, caramel cones
delicious sweets, and squash empanadas (turnovers).
The Primero de
Mayo thermal springs are very famous.
Evidently, some
things that are rare and appreciated in large cities are common
in places like Abasolo. Here, everyone knows everyone else and
that is the way they like it. |
