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.
Culture
According to historian Fritz Glockner, southern Mexico was the epicenter of the government's onslaught during the Dirty War, a dark period in Mexico's history that included forced disappearances, extrajudicial executions, and torture of political dissidents.
Culture
Mexico and South Korea's relationship is of utmost importance for their economies and cultural relations. According to official data from the Korean Embassy, approximately 12,000 Koreans live in Mexico. More than 900 Mexican nationals reside in South Korea.
Culture
The ex-votos not only have a religious value given by the believers, but they are works that account for the history, organization, and beliefs of a society.
Culture
Present in multiple forms of the Otomí-Chichimeca cosmovision, water is strongly linked to the survival of these millenary cultures of the semi-desert.
Culture
The C'ha Cháak is a ceremony practiced among the farmers with the purpose of requesting rain and good crops to the supernatural owners of water.
Culture
One of Elena Garro's best-known and recognized pieces is Un hogar sólido (A Solid Place), a theatrical piece that represented her debut in the arts.
Culture
Understand how caste was undoubtedly one of the methods of control in New-Hispanic society and represented an attempt to limit the power of the Creoles.
Culture
There is an urgent need to explore sustainable ways to minimize the environmental impact of preservation. A large amount of content recorded on magnetic media has not yet been digitized and could be lost. There are about 1,500,000,000 sound and audiovisual recordings in Mexico.
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Indigenous peoples still suffer exclusion, marginalization, violence, poverty and face significant difficulties in enjoying their basic rights.
Culture
Is it possible that the necessary requirement to receive communion was used precisely to add one more sin to those who came to unburden themselves?
Culture
As part of the 210th anniversary of the struggle for Mexican Independence, discover the role of women as shapers of the nation's destiny.
Travel
A brief history of the most important lighthouses in Mexico and beyond, highlighting their relevance, development, and the meaning of navigation.
Culture
Discover how, through their works, the Sanromán sisters questioned and overcame the traditional place relegated to women in the artistic field.
Culture
"Mexico is one of the countries on my list, but the years go by without me having time to visit it," Julio Cortázar.
Culture
In the late 1930s, the Soviet secret service was ordered to eliminate Trotsky. Stalin's greatest enemy was the target of two attacks. The second would succeed.
Culture
This is a list of things that Mexico gave to the world, without many even knowing their origin.