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Stand with Mazahua textiles at the annual Expo de los Pueblos Indígenas in Mexico City. One way that the Mazahuas have maintained their culture is by women's dress, the elements of which have concrete meanings and specific values. The garments include a blouse, a skirt called a chincuete, an underskirt, apron, rebozo, quezquémetl, and a sash. [2]
Mexico is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world. [17] Although the overwhelming majority of Mexicans today speak Spanish, there is no de jure official language at the federal level. The government recognizes 62 indigenous Amerindian languages as national languages. [18]
The Mexico City borough of Iztapalapa holds the largest and most elaborate of these, with up to 5,000 people participating and 150 of these with speaking roles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] While a religious event principally, it is also a community event, as only residents of the eight original communities of the borough (San Lucas, Santa Bárbara, San Ignacio ...
It was inaugurated on September 24, 1982, by José López Portillo. [1] Its founder and first director was anthropologist Guillermo Bonfil Batalla. [2] Its first major program was called “El maíz, fundamento de la cultura popular mexicana” with an exhibition at the museum site as well as posters related to the topic, a monograph competition and various publications including a cookbook.
Charrería, equestrian tradition in Mexico 2016 01108: Charrería, also known as Jaripeo, is a sport and discipline arising from equestrian activities and livestock traditions used in the haciendas of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. La Romería (the pilgrimage): ritual cycle of 'La llevada' (the carrying) of the Virgin of Zapopan 2018 01400
Mexico City has a long tradition of making objects from a hard kind of paper mache called cartonería, generally for the various festival and celebrations of the year. [8] It is a major industry, with various families and individuals noted for this work, [ 1 ] including the Linares family and Susana Buyo, nicknamed “Señora de los Monstruos ...
On the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico, on Aug. 13, 1521, the documentary "499" from Rodrigo Reyes tackles colonialism's shadow.
The Tianguis Cultural del Chopo is a Saturday flea market (tianguis in Mexican Spanish) near downtown Mexico City, known locally as El Chopo. [1] [2] [3] It is named after its original location which was near the Museo Universitario del Chopo, an Art Nouveau building with a couple of towers designed by Bruno Möhring. [4]