McALLEN — Many attended Quinta Mazatlan’s annual Monarch Festival here on Saturday, with some decked out in colorful butterfly wings and costumes. For Quinta Mazatlan, the purpose of the festival is to raise awareness and educate attendees about the monarch butterfly species while attendees also enjoy various festivities.
Isaiah Moye, left, and his sister Isabella, 7, of McAllen, play in the colorful hanging curtains at Quinta Mazatlán’s annual Monarch Festival on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Camila Perez, 3, wears a colorful butterfly costume during Quinta Mazatlán’s annual Monarch Festival on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Dressed as a butterfly, Cecilia Rain, 3, is carried by her mother Gabriela Rivas at Quinta Mazatlán’s annual Monarch Festival on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])A caterpillar and a larvae walk along a trail at Quinta Mazatlán’s annual Monarch Festival on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])A young girl twirls with her butterfly wings at Quinta Mazatlán’s annual Monarch Festival on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Laylah Sanchez, 7, swirls underneath the butterfly curtains at Quinta Mazatlán’s annual Monarch Festival on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Orange umbrellas hang above the entrance to Quinta Mazatlán’s annual Monarch Festival on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Decked out in colorful butterfly wings and costumes many enjoy the festivities at Quinta Mazatlán’s annual Monarch Festival on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
