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Guelaguetza

June 3, 2020August 8, 2020 Tony14594Leave a Comment

Monday, July 21, 2014, the colorful pageantry of Mexico’s Guelaguetza is reenacted once again during the Lunes del Cerro (Mondays on the Hill. A Zapotec word signifying offering or offertory, Guelaguetza was the term used to describe the Oaxaca ceremony and celebration held each year to propitiate the gods in return for sufficient rain and a bountiful harvest. More […]

Pidiendo Posada: The musical score

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Escena de peregrinos en busca de posada, clay and polychrome figurine, author unknown, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, 2002 © Anthony Wright, 2012

Mexican tradition: Pidiendo Posada, the words to the song

June 3, 2020September 18, 2025 Tony581192 Comments

When reenacting Mary and Joseph’s quest for shelter in Bethlehem, participants in the traditional Posada processions stop to sing a litany at several designated homes. The verses alternate one by one between those seeking lodging outside and those responding from behind the door. The lyrics are as follows: Español English Outside Singers Inside Response Outside […]

Comparing Management Differences – Cultural Myths

June 3, 2020June 19, 2021 Tony4924Leave a Comment

“What works here ought to work in Mexico.” Not so. You cannot transplant Canadian or US techniques, methods and management styles without adapting them and expect them to work successfully. “What is new and modern is the most effective.” What is new and effective in one environment, will not automatically work in a different culture […]

Comparing management differences in Mexico with Canada and the US

June 3, 2020June 19, 2021 Tony11509Leave a Comment

Doing business in Mexico is very different than in Canada and the US. The values, social practices, managerial methods, and belief systems of the Mexican worker and Mexican manager are different. They are so different in certain areas that the Canadian/US manager or business person who does not take the time to understand these differences […]

Parents diligently arranged this group of children for photographers. Increasingly, the customs of Hallowe'en are creeping into Day of the Dead festivities in Oaxaca and other parts of Mexico.

Through the lens: Dia de los Muertos – Day of the Dead – photo galleries

June 2, 2020August 8, 2020 Tony14389Leave a Comment

Day of the Dead, one of the most important celebrations in Mexico, is understandably difficult for foreigners to fully comprehend. Cemeteries full of families, flowers, food, and music seem daunting to the uninitiated. It took me many years to “get” it, to realize that it’s okay to venture into graveyards and join the festive mood. […]

Day of the Dead: The calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican lithographer Jose Guadalupe Posada: Past and present

June 2, 2020October 15, 2020 Tony14454Leave a Comment

November 2 is “El Dia de los Muertos” (the Day of the Dead) and Jose Guadalupe Posada, or “Don Lupe” as he was known to his friends, a poor but prolific printmaker, will come alive once again in the hearts and minds of the Mexican people. Gallery: The calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada No Day of […]