November in Talpa: month-long celebrations
From the Day of the Dead to the Guava Fair and the arrival of ten Virgins, November in Talpa is filled with festivities.
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A Visit to Don Otavio: A Traveller's Tale from Mexico by Sybille Bedford
The first thing I should say about this book is that it was originally published more than half a century ago, in 1953. I mention that out front just so no reader assumes it is yet another recent travel book about Mexico. However, it's a good one and it's easy to see that it merits republishing. It comes with the highest kind of praise.
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Las Cucarachas' Tails by Jerry Hesser
Personally I don't think I've come across anything quite like Las Cucarachas' Tails. And I should also quickly add that I found it to be an interesting and enjoyable read.
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The rise and almost fall of the hot dog in Mexico
In 1943 a couple of young American entrepreneurs attending a bullfight in Mexico and observing the crowd that filled the stadium, hit on the idea that they could become millionaires by introducing the ...
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A peon ponders the equality of life
For the second year in a row it was a time of drought in Mexico. At the time of year when the life-giving rains should have been falling each day, they had come and gone, dropping just enough moisture ...
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Communicating across cultures
ICEBERGS
CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE
HIGH- AND LOW-CONTEXT CULTURES
WHAT HAPPENED?
A VERY EXPENSIVE MISTAK...
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Stitching a story
HAD I CLOSED MY EYES and only listened I would have known most of the characters that passed by my balcony in a daily parade. Early each morning the swish, swish of straw hitting pavement told me Maria...
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Mexico's immigrant communities ... on the web
Last month's column about migration generated quite a few emails. As a follow-up, it seemed appropriate to examine the depths of Mexico's racial, cultural and religious diversity by focusing on migrant...
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Tiempo Libre
Highly recommended for travelers and residents alike, Mexico City's weekly entertainment magazine Tiempo Libre (or translated into English as "Free Time") has a polished and reader-friendly website ( ...
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TV Mexico part 2
Earlier in Part 1 we reviewed the major Mexican television networks' presence on the 'Net. This month we pay a visit to cable programmers and ask the simple question - what's on? Surprisingly, most ...
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TV Mexico
For those watching television in Mexico, finding out what's on the tube can be a challenge. Daily newspapers never include 24-hour programming schedules, and many provide only the schedules for the net...
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The lost tribe
Although, Georg had never designed a city crest before, being a European he was used to a certain amount of pomp and ceremony. How hard could this be?
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From many streets away, we could hear the band playing the distinctive music. It was Carnival in Tepoztlán, and the Chinelos were dancing. We headed in the direction of the music to a small clearing o...
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I Love Mexico And A Mexican
My love for Mexico began at age 18. My first trip to Mexico was in the company of my grandmother and mother whom I drove down to visit my uncle who was a US Border Patrolman. I had never been in Texas ...
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December in Mazamitla by Ralph Rodriguez with Alan Cogan
December 12th is a very important Catholic holiday in Mexico. It's the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mazamitla is a very small mountain town in Jalisco that celebrates the Virgin's feast day an annual nine-day festival. The final days, we were told, are the best.
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It's about (Mexican) time!
Mexican time is not American time. To Americans, Mexican time is usually thought of as tomorrow, but Mañana does not mean tomorrow, as everyone seems to think, no, it just means not right now. ...
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Did you know? Small village in Mexico wins UN Development Prize
Every two years, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) awards the Equator prize (worth 30,000 dollars) to communities that have shown "outstanding achievement in the reduction of poverty thro...
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In a Village Far from Home
While living in Guadalajara, Ms. Finerty became acquainted with some Franciscan priests and also with some Huichol Indians who were associated with the Franciscans. Eventually she was invited to visit a Huichol village about a thirty minute flight from Tepic, high in the Sierras in Western Mexico. The only other way to reach this community — Jesús María — was by taking an eight day mule ride. The village wasn't even marked on the map.
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Living in Timucuy, Yucatan: birth, death and some in-between
The Setting
Curanderismo
The Inhabitants
The Physical and Psychological
Compadrazco
The Beginning
Love Is In the Air
"I Do"
The End of the Game
Works Cited
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San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
High in the mountain cloud forest of Chiapas, nestled within a bowl of hills, lies the ancient Colonial city of San Cristobal de Las Casas. For some 500 years it has pursued its own destiny, isolated f...
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Did you know? Agaves function as Mexico's 7-Elevens
Agaves can be thought of as another chain of "7-Elevens".
The numerous members of the Agave family are all native to the New World. "Agave" is derived from the Greek word "agauos" (admirable). Ag...
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Sliced Iguana: Travels in Unknown Mexico by Isabella Tree
Isabella Tree tells about her solitary travels to various parts of Mexico. Is this becoming a sort of literary sub-category - single ladies taking on the world? This book largely consists of a half dozen essays covering specific geographic areas that Ms. Tree visited, including Mexico City, Chiapas and Lake Pátzcuaro. My own personal favorite was "Holy Week," the one on San Miguel de Allende.
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The Mennonites: a Dutch heritage in Mexico
The diversity of the Mexican population never ceases to amaze me. Whether being in Mexico City, Mazatlan, Oaxaca or Palenque I always admire the beautiful Mexican faces ranging from light to mocha to c...
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Romantic Weddings South Of The Border
What could be more romantic than having both your wedding and your honeymoon at a beautiful destination? And getting married south of the Border is easily done, as you will see.
Here are Mexico's...
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Superama Mama
When hosteling my way through Europe in my early-twenties, I made daily visits to the local shops for crucial supplies: baguettes, cheese, fruits, nutella, and wine. In those days, I was willing to sto...
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