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Concepción Fernández and daughter-in-law Guadalupe prepare chiles navideños.

Stuffed chile dish is a staple in Puebla during the Christmas...

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A common sight just after Mexico's topes is a driver fixing his car's undercarriage.

Mexico’s speedbumps are a noble but misguided attempt at road safety

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Chipileños sing at one of their neighbors' doors.

Puebla town’s New Year’s Day tradition harkens back to Italian ancestry

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In Mexico, even dogs are fans of cohetes.

Love them or hate them, cohetes mark nearly every part of...

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Often associated with birthdays, piñatas also feature in Christmastime posadas.

December’s posadas mix dancing, fireworks, drink and devotion

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Veteran carpenter Francisco Castillo has seen Chipilo's economy transform.

‘In the future, it will be furniture:’ a Puebla town adapts...

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The Sanctuary at Chalma, México state, about 65 kilometers from Toluca, is Mexico's second-most visited pilgrimage site after the Guadalupe Basilica in Mexico City.

Mexico’s second-biggest pilgrimage site has its own indigenous origin story

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Joseph Sorrentino agreed to help pick flowers for a Dia de Muertos altar in hopes of some good photos

The quest for perfect Day of the Dead flowers isn’t always...

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Erika Ponce, a former chemist, has made women into Catrinas for 10 years.

Veteran Catrina makeup artist won’t let the virus stop her Day...

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Mexico City's Pilgrimage of the Concheros has roots dating to the Conquest

Annual pilgrimage has ancient pre-Hispanic and Catholic roots

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