4 Seasons Resort Punta Mita, the five-star oceanfront resort nestled within the Mexican Riviera Nayarit, invitations visitors to have fun Día de Los Muertos with its annual Catrina Fest, a celebration of this timeless Mexican custom with culinary occasions, cocktails, music, and tradition. Held November 1-3, 2024, the competition will include a three-day celebration of meals, spirits, and tradition, welcoming notable cooks and mixologists from throughout the nation as they spotlight the area’s freshest flavors, accompanied by music, workshops, and leisure to honor the annual cultural celebration.
“We proudly honor Día de Los Muertos with an epicurean journey by way of the traditions of Mexico, together with cultural experiences and workshops which can be rooted in wealthy Mexican custom and heritage” shares John O’Sullivan, Regional Vice President & Normal Supervisor of 4 Seasons Resort Punta Mita. “We’re lucky to welcome unimaginable Mexican expertise to the resort for the weekend, permitting our guests to really immerse in culturally wealthy delicacies of the nation, to properly complement an array of visible and experiential programming that celebrates and respects the spirit of the vacation that celebrates life, household, and friendship.”
SAVOR THE CELEBRATION
Govt Chef Jorge González of Dos Catrinas, alongside notable visiting cooks, will lead visitors on culinary celebration that invigorates the senses, showcasing Mexican delicacies by way of multi-course dinners, cocktail events, cooking demonstrations, and extra. Visiting expertise contains Chef Richard Sandoval, James Beard Semi-Finalist, Chef Carlos Galán (of Michelin-recognized Guzina Oaxaca in Mexico Metropolis), and Chef Jose Miguel García (of Espantapájaros and La Barraca in Mexico Metropolis).
Along with conventional choices on the resort’s numerous onsite eating places, Catrinas Fest’s culinary occasion schedule options:
- TERTULIA NIGHT (6 p.m. Friday, November 1 | Dos Catrinas)
- The weekend kicks off with a multi-station dinner at Dos Catrinas, to savor a various vary of flavors and culinary masterpieces crafted in collaboration by each visitor cooks and the 4 Seasons’ culinary workforce. As well as, the energetic night is full with skilled make-up artists providing conventional Mexican face mart, stilt walkers, and performances from native musicians.
- Out there to order on OpenTable, tickets are priced at $2,500 MXN/grownup and $1,250 MXN/youngster.
- BARBACOA DEMONSTRATION (6:30 p.m. Saturday, November 2 | Cuevas Seashore)
- Referring to the native indigenous custom of slow-cooking a complete animal over a pit oven, cooks of the resort will exhibit the preparation of the meat, marinated with agave leaves, and garnished with onion and cilantro. Complimentary for all on property, visitors will be capable to witness this historic and conventional follow, and visitors of the Dos Catrinas will be capable to savor within the ready meat as a predominant course merchandise.
- DIA DE MUERTOS DINNER (7 p.m. Saturday, November 2 | Dos Catrinas)
- Friends can take pleasure in a multi-course dinner expertise at Dos Catrinas, throughout which every visitor chef will likely be highlighted in their very own course on the menu, to showcase their particular person creativity and experience. The dinner will likely be accompanied by performances from native musicians.
- Out there to order on OpenTable, beginning costs for tickets are $1,995+ MXN/grownup and $998+ MXN/youngster.
- CLASE AZUL MEZ BAR TAKEOVER (10 p.m. – 1 a.m. Saturday, November 2 | Mez Bar)
- To proceed the celebrations after dinner, visitors are invited to get pleasure from a nightcap on the property’s irreverent and upbeat MEZ bar in collaboration with beloved tequila model Clase Azul, that includes celebratory decorations and a singular, signature Día de Los Muertos bottle, alongside modern cocktails, greater than 70 styles of mezcal, and stay music.
- LA VIDA BRUNCH (10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Sunday, November 3 | Dos Catrinas)
- To conclude the weekend’s festivities, visitors of all ages are invited to have fun life and friendship on the final Sunday brunch buffet at Dos Catrinas, with delectable highlights together with conventional barbacoa, chilaquiles, a uncooked bar, freshly made omelets and pancakes, and the signature Bloody Catrinas morning beverage, accompanied by stay music from a marimba duo. Out there to order on OpenTable, tickets are priced at $1,495 MXN/grownup and $750 MXN/youngster.
- COOKING CLASSES Hosted all through the weekend and led by the culinary workforce these intimate classes with the cooks permit visitors to study and put together conventional Mexican dishes.
FOR THE LITTLE ONES
This colourful custom is ideal for households and youngsters. Our Children Membership has scheduled occasions all through the weekend, to teach and have fun the cultural traditions of Día de Los Muertos, together with:
- Mini Sugar Cranium Piñata-Making (11 a.m. October 31 | Children For All Seasons) – With the normal strategy of papel picado, youngsters can use their creative expertise to create their very own mini piñata, instructing them concerning the traditions of Día de Los Muertos and all that it represents.
- DIY Mexican Paper Marigolds (2 p.m. November 1 | Children For All Seasons) – Kids will discover ways to make paper crafts of the signature, iconic flower, the principal factor on the Día de Los Muertos alter used to information the souls to the household’s ofrenda.
- Catrina Face Portray (6:30 – 7:30 p.m. November 1 | Las Cuevas Seashore) – Costume up like a Catrin or Catrina with Día de Los Muertos-inspired face paint.
- Pixar’s “Coco” Film Night time (7:30 p.m. November 1 | Las Cuevas Seashore) – Households can benefit from the beloved cartoon with a beachside film, whereas studying concerning the heritage and traditions of the Mexican celebration.
- DIY Catrina Doll (2 p.m. November 2 | Children For All Seasons) – Kids can discover ways to make a mini catrina utilizing craft supplies and their creativeness, to take house their very own character in celebration of Día de Los Muertos.
- Sugar Cranium Cookie Adorning (4 p.m. November 2 | Children For All Seasons) – Kids could make one of many altar’s signature components, adorning cookies with colourful icing for particular designs and expression of creativity.
- Watercolor Contest (5 – 7 p.m. November 2 | Boutique Outlets) – Kids can discover their imaging and specific themselves by way of this portray contest, with a particular prize rewarded to a winner.
- Children After Occasion (8 p.m. November 2 | Recreation Room) – Following dinner, youngsters are invited to get pleasure from a particular kids-only celebration within the sport room, full with celebratory music and contests.
CULTURAL WORKSHOPS
To enhance the celebratory meals and beverage happenings all through the weekend, the resort can even offer an array of culturally impressed experiences within the property’s Cultural Heart led by the resort’s very personal Cultural Concierge, to honor and have fun the vacation, reminiscent of:
- Be taught to create conventional Mexican crafts
- Catrina headpiece + make-up workshop
- Sugar cranium adorning workshop
- Chilly porcelain cranium workshop
