HIDALGO CULTURE: MAIN CHARACTERISTICS - CULTURE VOCABULARY - 2025

The culture of Hidalgo is one of the richest in Mexico in terms of traditions, customs, art, ancestral literature, religious architecture and civil works, dances, crafts and gastronomy.

The great religious works such as the mendicant monasteries, the Cathedral of San José and the conventual buildings stand out.

Hidalgo has pieces of incalculable value, such as the Huichapan Codex and other documents of Mesoamerican literature.

The hieroglyphs and the varied samples of cave painting are other elements of its vast cultural diversity, in addition to the music and traditional festivals.

You may also be interested in the history of Hidalgo or its customs and traditions.

Architecture

The monasteries, convents and small chapels that were built by Augustinian and Franciscan friars.

The cathedral of San José, located in Tula de Allende, are great works of great architectural value; and the Cathedral of San Agustín, in Huejutla.

Also noteworthy are the house of Hernán Cortés, the El Saucillo aqueduct in Huichapan and the haciendas, among other constructions.

Sculpture

There are several works from the pre-Hispanic period. Among these, the Atlanteans of Tula stand out, some sculptures approximately 4.60 meters high, which apparently represent Toltec warriors.

Also located in Hidalgo are the Mesoamerican sculpture work Chac Mool, and the Diana the Huntress fountain, located in Ixmiquilpan.

Likewise, the Pachuca de Soto Mining Corridor stands out, which commemorates the exploitation of silver in the region.

In Pachuca de Soto you can also find the Cristo Rey, a 33-meter-high sculpture, and the Victoria del Viento monument, 19 meters high.

Many of these pieces were made by visual artists from the region.

Cave painting

In Hidalgo there are fifty-eight places that contain this type of native art.

Some of the most important are Tecozautla, Ajacuba, Huichapan, Alfajayucan, Tepeapulco, Metztitlán, Actopan, Agua Blanca de Iturbide, El Arenal and another 20 others.

Petroglyphs can also be located in the municipalities of Metztitlán, Acatlán, Mixquiahuala, Huazalingo, Tepeji del Río de Ocampo, Tepeapulco, in Tula de Allende and in Tulancingo de Bravo.

Literature

Hidalgo's lyrics also feature a significant number of prominent Mexican writers.

In its libraries, true treasures of Mesoamerican literature are kept, such as the first section of the Huichapan Codex.

It is a manuscript that contains alphabetic texts in the Otomí language and glosses in Nahuatl.

This text uses a drawing-based writing system, which was developed in 1632 by Juan de San Francisco, an Otomí nobleman.

Another of its treasures is canvas "A", a kind of cadastral sketch or map of the "estate of the town of Acaxochitlán."

Music

Hidalgo has a representative musical genre such as the huapango, known by the name of "son huasteco."

The dance of this rhythm is performed on a platform.

Parties and celebrations

Its festivals include some traditional indigenous celebrations of pre-Hispanic culture such as the Moxoleua, which means "uncovering the disguised," the Ixtle Fair and the Xantolo festival.

The most important religious festivities are the festivities in honor of the Virgen de las Lágrimas, in Tetepango; and the Fiesta del Señor de las Maravillas, in the town of El Arenal.

Crafts and gastronomy

In its crafts, embroidery such as tenanco, maguey carvings and textiles, basketry and pottery stand out.

The gastronomy of Hidalgo includes dishes made with cacti, barbecue, chinicuiles and paste.

References

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2. "Crafts in Hidalgo". Government of the state of Hidalgo. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
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