Oaxaca Gears up for Guelaguetza
The Guelaguetza festival is a colorful celebration of music and dance that takes place in Oaxaca each July and dates back to pre-Columbian times
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After Two-Year Hiatus, Guelaguetza Festival Returns to Oaxaca
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After being suspended for two years due to the covid-19 pandemic, the most important traditional festival of Mexico’s central southern state of Oaxaca is set to return this year in all its color and glory starting on Monday, July 8. Now celebrating its 90th year, the Guelaguetza is a two-week extravaganza of music and dance from the various
Read moreSanta Clara del Cobre: Mexico’s Copper Capital
By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — The cultural diversity of Mexico today is the result of the syncretism of the native indigenous peoples and the Western culture, brought from Spain by the colonizers to the territory in 1521 that produced what we now know as the Mexican culture. Every aspect of the country’s indigenous cultures — includings language, religion, art
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