Roadside Shrines and Chapels

A pictorial tour of Mexico’s roadside shrines, chapels and memorials.

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Gastronomy of Mayan Mexico

The culinary traditions of the southernmost Mexican states (Chiapas, Tabasco, Quintana Roo and Yucatan) are a melding of influences of the native Maya and the Spanish.

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Dia de San Juan

Some of the traditions and superstitions in Mexico and Latin America connected with San Juan (Saint John) as well as a little bit about the rare emergence of the Saint John ant.

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Day of the Dead

Mexico’s Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos constitutes an important recognition and remembrance by the Mexican people of their recently and no-so-recently departed loved ones.

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Music of Mexico, Latin America and Spain

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.

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Malinalco, Mexico

Malinalco is a small town in the state of Mexico near the border of Guerrero. A visit to Malinalso is an excursion into pre-Columbian and Mexican colonial history.

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