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Day of the Dead: Religious manifestations in Chiapas

Interactive Map of Chiapas

May 26, 2020August 19, 2020 Tony29491Leave a Comment

Interactive Map of Chiapas About 20% of the 4.8 million people living in Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state, belong to one or other of the state’s numerous indigenous groups, including various Maya groups and the Lacandon Indians. Development and cultural issues relating to indigenous communities in Chiapas are many and varied. The state’s El Chichón Volcano […]

Did you know? In Chiapas, Mexico’s Mam turn to organic farming

July 31, 2019July 31, 2020 Tony3888Leave a Comment

Organic farming has helped some indigenous peoples in Mexico to reinvent themselves. How many people are there? According to INEGI figures, about six million Mexicans over the age of five speak at least one indigenous language. Another three million Mexicans consider themselves indigenous but no longer speak any indigenous language. How many indigenous towns or […]

Chiapas celebrates the Day of the Dead – gallery

June 2, 2019August 8, 2020 Tony2477Leave a Comment

Mexico this month – January

December 24, 2024December 25, 2024 Tony13061Leave a Comment

Index to Mexico this month (all 12 months) 1, 1857 Conservative general Tomás Mejía assaults the British consulate in San Luis Potosí and steals $240,000. The British government subsequently demands that this sum be included in the external debt owed them by President Juárez. 1, 1873 The birth in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, of the […]

Mural on outside of Casa de la Cultura Maya building. Credit: Adam Jones (Flickr). CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Path of Most Resistance: the Top Yucatán Caste War Sites

September 17, 2024September 17, 2024 Tony2128Leave a Comment

For far too long the history of 19th Century Mayan free rule in the Mexican Yucatán has been largely ignored. But local Maya are working to put it on the map. Through museums, ruins, guided tours and more, they are preserving the legacy of this largest post-colonial indigenous revolution in the Americas, commonly known as […]

Our Aunt Chela part 3: Chela Campos – Nightclub and theater singer

July 9, 2024September 25, 2024 Tony5036Leave a Comment

Between working her daytime radio shows. Chela was also asked to sing in various theaters and nightclubs in the city. Construction began on the Palacio de Bellas Artes in October 1904, and its inauguration was in 1934. Located in the center of Mexico City near the Alameda Park, it quickly began hosting all forms of […]

Chiapas fruit stand, 2004. Credit: Marisa Burton.

Should You Walk with a Friend in Mexico?

September 13, 2022September 9, 2022 Tony260833 Comments

After numerous forays into Mexico over the past six decades, I’ve learned a few things about Mexico and Mexicans. Most of our southern neighbors are honest, trustworthy and friendly to a fault. However, do not trust a Mexican amigo when it comes to accurate walking distances. I don’t care if you’ve known the person for […]

Statue of Revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata © Julia Taylor 2007

Mexico this month – August

July 25, 2022August 27, 2024 Tony9373Leave a Comment

Index to Mexico this month (all 12 months) 1, 1524 King Charles V of Spain forms the Council of the Indies, making it responsible for the administration and politics of the New World. According to the law, the future well-being of the natives, discovered by Columbus, is guaranteed! 2, 1857 Gas lighting is introduced in […]