It is also home to a number of colonial era churches decorated in Talavera tile and in a style called Indigenous or Folk Baroque.

There are both citywide and local festivals which are celebrated in San Andrés, which are the fabric of social and religious life.

These festivals are sponsored by a complicated rotation of share duties, carried out by "mayordomos" whose time and money brings them prestige in the community.

[3] The citywide events include Carnival,[4] the Vaniloquio, when the bells of the city's churches ring in coordination)[5] Holy Week, La Bajada, when the image of the Virgin of the Remedies comes down the pyramid to visit the various neighborhoods and the most important, the feast day of the Virgin of the Remedies on 8 September.

[6] Another annual event focused on the pyramid is the Quetzalcoatl Ritual, held each year on the spring equinox, with poetry, indigenous music and dance.

[3] For major festivals, the parish church of San Andres is richly decorated in flowers, and there are sand paintings called carpets on the ground in Biblical designs.

During the week long feast of Saint Andrew on 30 November, there is also folk ballet, musical performances and firework shows at night.