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#Chupacabra #Folklore #MexicanCulture #Mexico #Culture #Art #Illustration

#archaeology #MexicanCulture

In the afternoon of the spring #equinox, in Chichén Itzá, (in my home region of #Yucatán , #Mexico ) the sun casts a shadow on the Temple of the Feathered Snake (K’u’uk’ul Kaan in #Maya language), creating the illusion of this Mayan deity descending from the top of the pyramid to the ground, where his head is. This is probably the most famous of the many archaeo-astronomical phenomena in Mexico, witnessed by thousands of people every year.

#IndigenousPeople #MexicanCulture

The Yaqui (endonym: yo'emem) are one of the most important #Mexican indigenous groups, living in the State of #Sonora, in Northern #Mexico. They are fierce and proud people who speak a tonal language belonging to the Cahitan branch of the Uto-Aztec family. One of their main traditions is the famous Deer Dance, performed to celebrate the deer spirit in a reenactment of a hunt. The dancers mimic the deer’s movements and even wear a headpiece with antlers.

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On February 1, the P’urhepecha people of the State of #Michoacán, #Mexico, celebrate their “New Year” (kurhíkuaeri k'uinchekua) with the “lighting of the New Fire” (kurikaheri – or “big fire”). Every year a different P’urhepecha town is selected to host the lighting ceremony and guard the fire for one year. In 2023, the town of Erongarícuaro was chosen as the location of the festivities and in 2024, the town of Ocumicho will have that high honor.

#MexicanCulture #EthnicGroups #LowGerman

#Mexican photographer Eunice Adorno has explored the reclusive lives of #Mennonite women, who live in the Mexican states of #Durango and #Zacatecas. Approximately 100,000 Mennonites (an ethno-religious group who speak Low German languages) live throughout #Mexico, mostly in the North part of the country. They are similar (but not the same as) to the Amish people of the USA and Canada.

#Art #Architecture #MexicanCulture

The huge mosaic stage curtain in #MexicoCity ’s Palace of Fine Arts was created by #Tiffany Studios in New York City from 1909 to 1911. It weighs approximately 22 tons and contains more than one million pieces of iridescent crystal depicting the two most famous volcanoes that surround Mexico City: #Popocatepetl (smoky mountain) and #Iztaccihuatl (white woman). It is the only curtain of its kind in the world.

Photo by Lorena Alcaraz

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Tehuanas - women of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, State of #Oaxaca, #Mexico - wearing their famous intricately embroidered traditional dresses, including the "resplandor", a sort of headdress made with white lace. Most Tehuanas belong to the indigenous #Zapotec people and live in a matriarchal society.

Photos by: #Mexican photographer Diego Huerta

#History #Mexicanculture #Mexican

The oldest public library in the Americas is the Palafoxiana Library (Biblioteca Palafoxiana) in #Puebla, #Mexico, founded in 1646 by the then Bishop of Puebla, Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (hence the name) to house his book collection. The beautiful hall of the Library was finished in 1773. The Library currently holds more than 41,000 items, including 9 incunnabula, among them a 1473 edition of the “Histories” of Herodotus.

Photo credit: Rolando White