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    • Working in the Milpa

    • Working in the Milpa

    • Food and meals; Agriculture

    • The people seen here are part of large farming family from a small pueblito in Mexico. They go out together to their milpa in the country every Sunday to do whatever is needed to raise maize, peppers, beans, squash, and marigolds (for religious...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wood Fire Cooking

    • Wood Fire Cooking

    • Food and meals

    • Although tanks of natural gas are available in this small pueblito in Queretaro, Mexico, families here still cook on open wood fires to a large extent. Trucks selling gas make themselves noisily known as they drive through town with music blaring...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Plastering Mole Pots

    • Plastering Mole Pots

    • food and meals; elders

    • Mole is a traditional Mexican sauce made from 20-30 ingredients, including chili and other peppers, nuts, seeds, fruits, spices, herbs, and various other items (often chocolate, tomatoes, etc). The recipe and process used by the woman in this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Picking Chili Peppers

    • Picking Chili Peppers

    • agriculture; host community friends

    • The people seen here are part of large farming family from a small pueblito in Queretaro, Mexico. They go out together to their milpa in the country every Sunday to do whatever is needed to raise maize, peppers, beans, squash, and marigolds (for...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mole Operations

    • Mole Operations

    • food and meals; elders

    • Mole is a traditional Mexican sauce made from 20-30 ingredients, including chili and other peppers, nuts, seeds, fruits, spices, herbs, and various other items (often chocolate, tomatoes, etc). The recipe and process used by the women in this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos

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