| The Zwolle Tamale Fiesta celebrates the rich Spanish and Indian heritage of the people of the town. Held each year at the Zwolle Festival Grounds, the Zwolle Tamale Fiesta offers a fun-filled weekend of reliving the area's heritage with plenty of delicious hot tamales, entertainment, arts and crafts, dancing, parades, and children's activities. Always held the second full weekend in October, the Fiesta is fun for the entire family.
To fully appreciate the Fiesta, a little history background is in order: Zwolle was originally an Indian village. It was for many years occupied by the Spanish Province of Texas, and was settled by the descendants of French and Spanish adventurers, who intermarried with the friendly Indians as well as English-speaking settlers from Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas.
The Fiesta itself stems from a combination of the Indians and Spaniards culinary efforts to produce the most delectable hot tamale in the country.
In the late 1800s, the area that is now Zwolle was turned into a whistle stop along the Kansas City Southern Railroad. The town was named for a town in Holland, in honor of a prominent Dutch visitor. The Fiesta itself stems from a combination of the Indians and Spanish culinary efforts to produce the most delectable hot tamale in the country.
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