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Mexican rap music reveals itself as a mature and identity-driven culture
The best days of Mexican rap are here with a strong, expanding, and varied blend of performers who bring identity in their rhymes.
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There is a wide range of regional traditions within Mexico's dominant culture, which is influenced by a mix of indigenous and Spanish practices. Many of the things that people think of when they hear "Mexican" really originate in specific parts of the country.
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This is how the cult of Tlaloc persists in central Mexico
Worship of deities such as Tlaloc is still alive and well among the peasant communities of the state of Morelos more than 480 years after the conquest of Mexico. Find out what it is.
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Mexican Constitution of 1917; the foundations of democracy
The configuration of the Mexican Constitution as we know it comes from a historical process that is the result of social demands and revolutions. Find out why.
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Cannibalism of the Xixime: Stories from the 16th and 17th centuries
Xiximes horrified the conquerors by feeding on the victims as children and adults, women and men, of the enemy groups. Is it true and what happened?
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History of the poncho, an Argentinean national seal
The poncho is Argentina's main artisanal product: handmade, with procedures and techniques passed down from generation to generation, with local and natural raw materials. Get to know more.
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Spanish economy and indigenous labor in Chihuahua
This article provides a summary, as updated as possible, of the history of the state of Chihuahua, and the economic relationship between the Spaniards and the indigenous groups from 1560-1630.
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Sounds of History: Polyphony in Pre-Hispanic Music and the Sound of Pre-Hispanic Instruments
The pre-Hispanic instruments that are known and preserved as museum pieces belonged to the Mayan, Mixtec, Zapotec, Purepecha, Olmec, Totonaca, and Mexica cultures.
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Fall 1918, the "Spanish Flu" in Mexico
Find out how the so-called "Spanish flu", surrounded the entire country for more than five months - June to October - of the year 1918.
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Rites of the tlalhmáquetl, a tradition with Mesoamerican roots
The tlalhmáquetl is part of a religious tradition that survives to this day. In this ritual, San Marcos, a transmutation of the ancient rain gods, is venerated.
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Who was Nelson Mandela and what did he do?
Right up to the last decade of the last century, Nelson Mandela was the first black president in South Africa to face unfair rules of the political playing field that applied to all but were dictated by a minority.
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The sacred hill El Manatí: The house of the water god near the sky
More than 3,600 years ago, the Olmecs paid tribute to the God of the Mountain, in their sacred hill El Manatí, very close to the clouds, for six centuries.
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How long did it take to build the Pyramid of the Sun?
Due to the inexistence of historical sources, little is known about the meaning that this 65 meters (213 feet) high building had for the ancient Teotihuacan people. The Pyramid of the Sun could have been built in 139 years and with the work of between 12 and 14 thousand people.
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The myth of Huitzilopochtli and the hummingbirds
The hummingbirds are the warriors who died in battle -said Huitzilopochtli-, they are also messengers of good wishes, they attract love and good luck, but alive not dead.
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The birth myth of Huitzilopochtli, the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan
The Mexica honored Huitzilopochtli very much; they knew his origin, his beginning was in this way.
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Historical symbolism of the jaguar and the rain request ceremony
The pre-Hispanic ceremonial request for rain and the celebration of the Holy Cross, of Catholic origin, begins on April 25 and ends with a man-tiger fight on May 5.
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The five most mysterious relics of Catholicism
The relics are objects that belonged to a saint, both clothing or utensils and parts of his body that are preserved after his death.