By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … Mexico’s Day of the Dead is really a reaffirmation of life through the celebration and mocking of death…
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Guelaguetza Set to Start in Oaxaca
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … Initially held on last two Mondays of July, the Guelaguetza has evolved in recent years into a two-week festival…
Mexico’s Holiday Feast of Fish
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS In Mexico, Christmas is customarily celebrated on Dec. 24, as opposed to the 25th. And although Christmas […]
The Pastorelas of Tepotzotlán
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF It’s an ideal setting for a Christmas pageant: the little colonial town of Tepotzotlán, […]
Posadas Welcome Mexican Christmas Season
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS If you’re new to Mexico, you might have been surprised when, starting on around mid-December, […]
Mexican Marigolds, the Flowers of the Dead
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF While the ubiquitous images of painted skeletons and sugar skulls that abound across Mexico […]
A Week of Pageantry
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As a predominantly Catholic nation, Mexico has traditionally celebrated Easter Week, known here as Semana Santa, as […]
Posadas Welcome Mexican Christmas Season
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS If you’re new to Mexico, you might have been surprised when, starting on around mid-December, […]
