Noche Buena Christmas in Mexico
You might ask how Christmas is celebrated in Mexico. In Mexico Christmas is a wonderful season full of traditions. We have Piñatas, Pastorelas, Posadas, Food.... ...
Carry on the Tradition: Stage Your Own Pastorela
Read it in Spanish by Angelica Galicia Writing and staging a pastorela is a highly entertaining activity, and because of this, almost every Mexican school produces one with ...
Day of the Dead El Dia de Muertos
Day of the Dead: Celebration, History & Origins Who celebrates the Day of the Dead? From pre-Columbian times, El Día de los Muertos, the Day ...
Mexican Independence Day 16 de Septiembre
El Grito every 16th of September is the Mexican Fiesta par excellence! On this day Mexicans all over the world ...
The Day of the Dead Ofrenda
Ofrendas are an essential part of the Day of the Dead celebrations. The word ofrenda means offering in Spanish. They are also called altares ...
Don Miguel Hidalgo: Father of Our Independence
Father of Mexico's Independence by Angie Galicia Late one September evening the name of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla became forever engraved in Mexico's history. Since that ...
The Aztec Sun Stone
Español This huge monolith with at least 500 years of existence seems to speak to us from its silence of stone. The sunken eyes of Tonatiuh, ...
La Llorona One Woman, Many Stories
Spanish The eve of the conquest of Mexico -Tenochtitlan by Hernan Cortes and his Spanish army was plagued by omens that Miguel Leon–Portilla enumerates in ...
La Virgen de Guadalupe
"Todo Mexicano es Guadalupano", esta es una frase popular que refleja el profundo amor que en este país se le profesa a la Virgen de ...
Palenque History Engraved in Stone
Spanish Well hidden within the jungles of Chiapas, the great Mayan city of Palenque may almost seem like a dream to you. That may be because there’s ...
