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Xochicalco ruins are located south-west of Cuernavaca, Morelos and date from about 650 AD. The site has an observatory, several ball courts and a number of structures, some excavated and restored and others still only earth-covered mounds. There is also a small museum displaying regional artifacts. Continue reading Xochicalco The 39th Cervantes Festival (Festival Cervantino)takes place from October 12 through 29, 2011, in Guanajuato, Mexico. The theme: “Los Dones de la Naturaleza.” (The Gifts of Nature.) Continue reading 39th Cervantino Festival, Guanajuato, Mexico The harshness and rough edges of life in the Tierra Caliente of Mexico, a region of the interior highlands of Guerrero, Michoacan and Mexico state, have over the years forged a generation of some of Mexico´s most evocative and poetic musicians. The faces, music, loves and lives of some of these have been captured on a documentary titled Tierra Caliente produced and directed by Francisco Vargas Quevedo. The film features calentano musicians don Angel Tavira, Juan Continue reading Tierra Caliente April 2011 With the inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage properties listings of the Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of the state of the Oaxaca, Mexico now boasts of a total 36 UNESCO World Heritage inscriptions. In a recent ceremony a plaque was unveiled testifying to the recognition given by UNESCO to the Yagul and Mitla caves of the Central Valley of Oaxaca, which encompass an area of some 5,000 hectares Continue reading Mexico and UNESCO Heritage Sites In March of this year (2011), the newly built Soumaya Museum, housing the most extensive and impressive private collection of art in all of Latin America, was opened to the public.
Exterior of the Museo Soumaya, Mexico City The collection is owned by the Carlos Slim Foundation. Its founder, Mexican billionaire and Continue reading The Soumaya Museum Plaza Carso Nahuatl, also termed Aztec or Mexicano at times, is one of the most wide-spread of the indigenous languages of Mexico. It is the language of the Nahuas, of the empire of the Mexicas that dominated much of Mexico and Central America before the arrival of the Spanish conquerors. It was they who founded the city of Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City. Although Spanish is the official language of Mexico, the Nahuatl language continues to be spoken Continue reading What is Nahuatl? Mexico City, one of the world’s largest, is located in Mexico’s central high valley surrounded by mountain ranges and lying in the shadow of the Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl volcanoes. This is the commercial, administrative and cultural heart of the Mexican nation, built on the site of the ancient Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan. Continue reading Mexico City Overview Merida, the White City of the Yucatan, is the capital of the state of Yucatan and a major Colonial commercial center of the peninsula. Continue reading Merida Discover salsa, cumbias, flamenco, jibaro, mariachi music, samba, rumba & cha-cha-cha. Short descriptions of the genres and examples of some of the major composers and interpreters of each. Continue reading Music of Mexico, Latin America and Spain Mexico’s moved beloved holy personage and patron saint of the country. Her feast day falls on December 12th. Continue reading Our Lady of Guadalupe The Chalcatzingo archaeological site is about half-way between the towns of Cuautla and Izucar de Morelos, and feature carvings that depict mythical and religious themes associated with agriculture and fertility. Continue reading Chalcatzingo, Morelos |
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