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Palm Sunday in Ajijic, Mexico Karen Blue

Intricately woven palm fronds © Charlotte Bell, 2011

Yesterday was Palm Sunday and I drove to meet my friend who lives on the street of processions. Men, women and children were sweeping the street and sprinkling water on the cobblestone roads in preparation of the holy procession. Doors were festooned with arches of palms. After the street was cleaned, residents scattered alfalfa on the street, carpeting the entire procession route. Wide-eyed children in their Sunday best sold palm frond wands expertly woven into intricate designs... read more

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Palm Sunday crafts fair in Uruapan Travis Whitehead

Artisans participating in the competition and crafts fair will come from workshops throughout Michoacán, which has more than ... read more

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Tears from the Crown of Thorns: The Easter Passion Play in San Miguel de Allende Reviewed by Allan Cogan

"People unfamiliar with the Latin culture are curious, confused, and sometimes repulsed by the emphasis on suffering in religi... read more

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Pascua: Easter Holy Week in Mexico Dale Hoyt Palfrey

Semana Santa gets underway on Palm Sunday when the faithful may join in a special mass and large procession commemorating Jesu... read more

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Easter in Mexico, Semana Santa and Pascua: a Mexican holiday resource page Index Page

For Mexico, the Easter holidays are a combination of Semana Santa (Holy Week — Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday) and Pascua (R... read more

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The food of Easter in Mexico: a seasonal celebration of popular cuisine Karen Hursh Graber

Semana Santa — Holy Week — is the observance of a solemn religious occasion. But the mood in most of Mexico during Easter ... read more

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Mexican chia seed drink: Agua de chia Karen Hursh Graber

Made with lime juice and sweetened with sugar, agua de chia, or Mexican chia seed drink is especially popular during Mexico's ... read more

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Silver, saints, and sinners™: Semana Santa in Taxco, Mexico Jim Allen and Jan McHargue

The City of Silver If you have heard of the picturesque, old colonial Mexican town of Taxco at all, you probably associate it ... read more

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Personal Views of Easter in Mexico Discussion Thread Forum

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... read more

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Good Friday in San Miguel de Allende Carol Wheeler

Holy Week — from Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday — is observed throughout Mexico. However San Miguel de Allende's fervor... read more

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Easter in Jaltemba Bay, Mexico: Semana Santa is a family affair Christina Stobbs

Semana Santa is a significant Christian holiday in Mexico, celebrating the last week of Christ's life before his crucifixion o... read more

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Top 10 Carnivals in Mexico Daniel Wheeler

Celebrated 45 days before Easter (February 8th this year), Carnaval is a celebration of earthly, or carnal pleasures before th... read more

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Easter in San Miguel de Allende: Our Lord of the Column Edythe Anstey Hanen

The church bells have been tolling most of the night, interrupted only intermittently by the blast of rockets soaring into the... read more

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