San Pancho Kicks Off Its 11th Sinergiarte Festival

The San Pancho Collective (CSP, by its acronym in Spanish), an open association of people interested in artistic and cultural expression as well as the rescue and fair appreciation of traditions, education, the community and the environment, is celebrating 11 years of existence and their 2016 Sinergiarte Festival.

The Sinergiarte Festival is a celebration that honors time and its process of transformation. According to the CSP press release: “We’re aware that it’s a privilege to live within a community in a place that features so much beauty, art, society, nature and peace. We were inspired by the image of 11—a one in front of another one—each recognizing the other in its reflection. And that is how we are all 1.”

This year’s festival logo.

It continues: “We remember that first 2006 CSP Sinergiarte Festival very fondly. We honored the humble, friendly and local spirit of the village of San Pancho, so expressive and ever changing, happy and lively, a mixture of thoughts, paths, forms and nationalities. A 1 next to another 1, that’s how we are, we aren’t the same, we aren’t equal, but we all are valuable because we are all unique, and that’s what makes San Pancho a great place to live in or visit.”

The spirit of collaboration is once again evident in this local festival where the community gets organized and voluntarily lends its support to continue propelling San Pancho as the Cultural Capital of Riviera Nayarit, the first cultural beach destination in the country.

The Plaza del Sol—or the square, as it’s traditionally known—will be the focal point for this festival of lights, colors, aromas, tastes, magic, music and community from sunset on December 28 until the evening of December 30.

The attendees will be able to enjoy excellent international-quality shows and all the welcoming family friendly-atmosphere and local flavor for free.

Music, theater, circus, magic, clowns, painting, photography, sculpture, installations, video, martial arts, equestrian arts with dancing horses, indigenous art, arts and crafts, gastronomy, expos of work done by local organizations, workshops and tournaments featuring the top local sports, including the traditional torch and a spectacular inaugural parade will all bring this celebration of the unity of diversity to life.

The release concludes: “This 11th San Pancho Collective Festival is made for you and by you: come by, we all need a place to be able to express who we are, what we see, what we want, our values, our essence, where we are, where we’re going, where we come from and how we can be better with ourselves and with others. This defines a collective and this is San Pancho. We invite you to celebrate life, because I am you and you are me, San Pancho is all of us and we’re all San Pancho.”

For more information contact the Organizing Committee at 322 168 6241 or email moc.l1722056030iamg@1722056030ohcna1722056030pnaso1722056030vitce1722056030loc1722056030.