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    • Wedding Day

    • Wedding Day

    • celebrations

    • 15 pots of mole sauce were made in preparation for this wedding in a small town in Mexico. The wedding and reception involved 2 small adjacent pueblitos and lasted almost 24 hours. Ultimately, over 800 people were fed a full dinner (cooked and...
    • Mariachi Reception

    • Mariachi Reception

    • celebrations; music; traditional dress

    • 15 pots of mole sauce were made in preparation for this wedding in a small town in Mexico. The wedding and reception involved 2 small adjacent pueblitos and lasted almost 24 hours. Ultimately, over 800 people were fed a full dinner (cooked and...
    • Boda Parade

    • Boda Parade

    • celebrations

    • 15 pots of mole sauce were made in preparation for this wedding (boda) in a small town in Mexico. The wedding and reception involved 2 small adjacent pueblitas and lasted almost 24 hours. Ultimately, over 800 people were fed a full dinner (cooked...
    • Mourning in the Procession of Silence

    • Mourning in the Procession of Silence

    • celebrations; traditional dress; religion

    • Semana Santa (Holy Week) is celebrated all throughout Mexico, from large cities to small pueblitos. Holy Week (Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday), along with the following week of Pascua, is celebrated as a national holiday. On Good Friday of Semana...
    • Procession of Silence

    • Procession of Silence

    • celebrations; traditional dress; religion

    • Semana Santa (Holy Week) is celebrated all throughout Mexico, from large cities to small pueblitos. Holy Week (Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday), along with the following week of Pascua, is celebrated as a national holiday. On Good Friday of Semana...
    • Procession of Silence

    • Procession of Silence

    • celebrations; traditional dress; religion

    • Semana Santa (Holy Week) is celebrated all throughout Mexico, from large cities to small pueblitos. Holy Week (Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday), along with the following week of Pascua, is celebrated as a national holiday. On Good Friday of Semana...
    • Mexican Independence Day

    • Mexican Independence Day

    • celebrations; traditional dress

    • September 16 is a day of major celebration all over Mexico, commemorating Mexican Independence from Spanish rule. Fiestas are celebrated in all parts of Mexico, beginning September 15 with the “Grito de Delores” or battle cry for...
    • Muñecas

    • Muñecas

    • artisans; crafts

    • Muñecas are colorful cloth dolls made and sold by indigenous Mexican women in a style traditional before the conquest of Mexico by Spain.
    • Casa 1

    • Casa 1

    • animals; housing

    • Houses are varied in this small pueblito in Mexico. Homes are sometimes left with walls unfinished and rebar exposed to avoid the higher taxes imposed on completed homes.
    • Casa 2

    • Casa 2

    • housing

    • Houses are varied in this small pueblito in Mexico. This is my neighbor to the front. It is not unusual to see dogs and even chickens on the top story or roof of a house. A major flood here during rainy season last year led many to build an...

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