It's the place where the Guanajuato bread is raining

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The Municipality of Guanajuato of Acámbaro is ready to receive at least 20 thousand people at its bakery fair, which will take place from 9 to 11 July.

The tradition, now 112 years old, will have the participation of 12 bakeries and more than 500 assistants, who will prepare more than 150 thousand pieces.

The loaves are given to the visitors under what is called the "rain of bread", a celebration with which the bakers thank the Virgen del Refugio, patron of Acámbaro.

Fernando Olivera Rocha , Secretary of Tourism of the State of Guanajuato, said that this is the result of "500 families who made bread Acámbaro a gastronomic attraction, and with that they contributed to the economic development of the entity" .

The "Rain of the Bread", a parade where the bakers throw breads to participants, will take place on July 11 from the Temple of Saint Ecce Hommo to the Parish of St. Francis of Assisi.

Gerardo Javier Alcántar Saucedo, Municipal President of Acámbaro, informed that, as part of the activities, will be held the game of the 'Popular Lottery Acámbaro', '100 Acambarenses Dijeron &', # 39; and the "Regional Bread Contest", where local and foreign bakeries participate.

He said that the musical program will be in charge of the Mariachi Juvenil "San Antonio" and the imitator "Jorge Alberto" which presents a show of various artists such as Juan Gabriel, Vicente Fernández and Luis Miguel .

Mario Daniel Casas García, president of the Union of Pan Grande Producers of Acámbaro, AC, added that the Motoclub Unidos Acámbaro, the Pan Producers' Union of Acámbaro and the Municipal Government of Acámbaro Acámbaro add to this holiday the "Ruta del Panadero" where over 500 motorcyclists from all over the country participate.

"Events like this reinforce Guanajuato, the" cultural destination of Mexico "because they show our cultural and gastronomic identity," said Fernando Olivera.