An Olmec Homerun, a short story
Mexico Matinee: The Country in Film
Shamanism and the problem of consciousness
Suspicious stranger visits a rural tacos al vapor stand
Cuernavaca's Muros Museum: There's Heart within These Walls
Chapala's Feria Maestros del Arte: guardians of the folk art tradition
Mexico's Día de Muertos celebration: Is it dying?
"Every year there are more and more tourists. They're not coming to see our tradition, they just want another reason to have a fiesta. It gets worse later, when they start urinating on the candles."
read moreFirst Stop in the New World by David Lida: an interview with the author
Mexico City has long exercised a fascination for writers of varying foreign stripes - Graham Greene, Aldous Huxley, Jack Keruoac, D. H. Lawrence, William S. Burroughs, B. Traven; not to mention Latin American writers such as Roberto Bolaño, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Alvaro Mutis - and while some of them have stopped here for brief periods and others have made it their home, the erstwhile megalopolis (now 'hypermetropolis') remains an elusive quarry to pin down in words. Its trawling immensity may be a well of inspiration or a veritable Oak Island of futile excavation in search of treasures that refuse to be unearthed.
read morePilgrimage from San Miguel de Allende to San Juan de los Lagos in 1967: A photo essay
Founded in 1542, San Juan de los Lagos is set in the Los Altos region of Jalisco, an area distinguished by its devotion to the Roman Catholic faith. The Cathedral there is home to the diminutive image of the Virgin of the Immaculate Concepcion. Since 1623, numberless miracles have been attributed to the little Virgin, and San Juan de Los Lagos is visited by millions of the faithful each year. In fact, only the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City draws more religious pilgrims than San Juan de los Lagos.
read moreSan Juan de Los Lagos: The Virgin, her basilica, her pilgrims, and their exvotos
Exvotos are both very public and extremely personal -- like "thank you notes to God."
read moreAnahuacalli: Diego Rivera's gift of indigenous treasures
The Captain's Hat
The Religious Virgins and Saints of Mexico - las Virgenes y santos de Mexico
An Index Page of Articles, Images and Resources.
read morePidiendo Posada
Silver, Saints, and Sinners™: Semana Santa in Taxco, Mexico
Arts and Culture - Index Page
Fiestas de Octubre - Auditorio Benito Juarez, Guadalajara
Personal Views of Easter in Mexico
Semana Santa in Morelia means a vacation at home for me. For one thing, I don't want to become a statistic by hitting the open road, and for another, I don't like crowds. But most importantly, I bask in those times when the help are gone and it's just me and my Doberboys.
read moreMASCARAS DE MEXICO Mascaras de Mexico
Piñatas
On TV we saw a "Pinyada" I have no idea of the spelling. It was a stuffed shape (rather large) filled with sweets that you hang up and hit till it breaks and the sweets fall out. I have heard this is Mexican? My 6-year-old son thinks it is lovely - can anyone help on how to make such a "Pinyada."
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