Every September, San Miguel de Allende is host to an event that can only be compared to Mardi Gras in New Orleans or Spring Break in Daytona Beach, Florida.Begun in 1973, San Miguel de Allende's Pamplonada (named after Pamplona, Spain, where the running of the bulls originated), it is also known as the Sanmiguelada, and is usually the held the third Saturday of September, on the weekend falling between the celebration of Mexico's Independence Day, El Grito, (September 16th) and the festival for the city's patron saint, San Miguel el Arcángel (September 29th). The annual event attracts more than 20,000 participants from all over Mexico, and the world, for what is a weekend-long party of drinking and danger.
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