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A traditional Mexican luchador poses for the camera.

The search for the next Lucha Libre star kicks off in...

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The "Lucha por el Barrio" tournament seeks to promote young wrestling talents and inspire newer generations to engage in the sport of Lucha Libre.
Latin Grammy winner Carín León sings into a microphone while on stage

Mexico’s biggest wins at the 2024 Latin Grammys

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Upcoming and established Mexican artists won accolades for composer of the year and in the norteño and ranchero categories.
Pambazos

Mexican Slang 101: Regional Food 

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Know your pambazo from your polcan or your paste from your chavindeca? Here's everything you never knew you needed to learn about words for Mexican regional food.
Cineteca Chapultepec

Is the next Guillermo del Toro hiding out in Mexico City’s Cineteca Chapultepec?

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Deep in the heart of Chapultepec Park lies a brand new, state-of-the-art cinema complex, promoting the very best of modern Mexican moviemaking.

Celebrating cempasúchil after Day of the Dead

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Day of the Dead may be long gone, but the cempasúchil flowers of Oaxaca city linger for weeks after the festivities.
A woman in a mariachi outfit plays the violin, surrounded by other mariachi musicians as they attempt to break the Guinness World Record for largest performance

Over 1,000 mariachis gather in Mexico City to break world record

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The Mexico City event sought to outdo the 2013 world record set in Guadalajara, capital of Jalisco and birthplace of mariachi music.
Eva Aridjis

Mexico’s unexpected new movie making sensation and her surprise smash hit

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The acclaimed Mexican director sits down with MND to discuss her latest film and the intriguing story that inspired it.
a pile of raw cacao beans on display

13th annual Chocolate Festival to open in Tabasco next week

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The massive culinary festival will offer tastings, workshops and live music starting Nov. 14.
Day of the Dead Atlixco

Why Atlixco is Mexico’s best Day of the Dead destination

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Move over Janitizio, a Puebla town has the new "best Day of the Dead ever" and it's not afraid to show it off.
Street mural featuring the larger-than-life heads of Mexican and Mexican indigenous women, as well as a Mexican man wearing a traditional campesino garb, and another man in a jaguar headdress.

Chicano culture takes center stage this week in Mexico City

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The annual event, which runs until Nov. 9, celebrates Chicanos' cultural ties to Mexico with workshops, lectures and more.

New film adaptation of Mexican classic novel ‘Pedro Páramo’ now streaming on Netflix

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The book that inspired "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is now a feature film with a star-studded cast.
Part of a larger complex and city, the Templo Mayor (Great Temple) was at the center of the political and religious life of the Mexica (Aztec) society.

Templo Mayor archaeological site reopens in Mexico City featuring new exhibit

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The site museum inaugurated a new exhibit of artifacts recovered through an undercover operation by Homeland Security agents in the U.S.
Astrid Hadad

Astrid Hadad, queen of Mexican cabaret

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Storming the stage in impossible costumes and sifting Mexican history with her wicked wit, Astrid Hadad's shows are unlike any other.
La Llorona

Who was La Llorona, Mexico’s most terrifying phantom?

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To see her up close means certain death, but what is the story of the wailing woman that terrorizes Mexico each Day of the Dead?
Orchidarium at Parque Agua Azul

Why Guadalajara’s parks are an urban oasis

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It's one of Mexico's biggest cities but thanks to tireless work by the community, new parks are helping the metropolis to rewild.
Megaofrenda in Mexico City's Zocalo square, of a parade float made to look like a steam locomotive, decorated in papel picada, Mexican marigolds and a larger-than-life figure of a Mexican revolutionary holding a gun and wearing a straw sombrero.

12 ‘megaofrendas’ to visit during Day of the Dead weekend in Mexico

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Mexico City's 'megaofrendas' are the most famous, but here are seven other cities where giant Day of the Dead altars will be on display this weekend.