Tradition and Culture
The town celebrates a festival in honor of the patron saint "Esquipulas" or the Black Christ, from 6 to 30 January each year.
These festivities are held in the old parish church of the town and last for several days. It attracts locals and pilgrims that do not live there.
The town is famous for locking in the jurisdiction historic Hacienda San Jacinto, the place where the famous battle of the September 14, 1856 was fought. Nicaraguan military forces commanded by Colonel José Dolores Estrada fought the U.S. there. Colonel Estrada is classified as a national hero.
Thousands of Nicaraguans visit the house and corrals of the ranch San Jacinto National Monument in celebration of the heroic victory on its anniversary.
There is a monument to Sergeant Andres Castro on the road at the entrance to the farm. He "fell down a stone to a member of the opposing army, which sought to jump the corral of the hacienda," in an act that was clearly patriotic and courageous.
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