CULTURE
Indigenous language skills can now open the door to a career...
Unlike before, proficiency in an Indigenous Mexican language, such as Zapótec or Nahuatl, can meet the agency's language requirement, In the U.S. alone, the first, and often only, tongue spoken by a half million Mexican citizens is not Spanish but Indigenous.
Inside the Otomí takeover of Mexico’s Indigenous affairs headquarters
Six years ago, roughly 100 members of the Otomí community walked into the headquarters of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples in Mexico City. They've been there ever since, writes Tracy L. Barnett, and are still fighting for Indigenous rights.
Mexico and China launch joint archaeological project in Yucatán
The collaboration between Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and China's Shandong University aims to bring researchers and students from both nations together to preserve the heritage of Yaxcopoil, a small community located within the Chicxulub impact crater.
‘We need to recover respect for the apparently non-living’: Yameli Guadalupe Aguilar Duarte on...
"Respect for the non-living" world of rocks and landforms is explored in this interview with scientist Yameli Guadalupe Aguilar Duarte, who studies geodiversity in the Yucatán.
Belgian artist Carsten Höller unveils towering ‘Mexico City Slides’ at Polanco-area mall
Four giant, intertwining spiral slides have been installed at Mexico City’s upscale Antara shopping center — and yes, the idea is that mall-goers ride them.
How Mexico’s longest dictatorship planted the seeds for a revolution
The nearly 40-year rule of Porfirio Díaz shaped modern Mexico. The Porfiriato would begin with the Tuxtepec Revolution, launched in 1876.
Mexico City’s Quintonil named best restaurant in Latin America
The World's 50 Best Restaurants also recognized the Mexican contemporary restaurant as fourth best in the world.
Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada tapped as LA Philharmonic’s first Latin music chair
The appointment completes the 29-year-old Latin Grammy winner's journey from the Veracruz coffee town of Coatepec to an artistic leaderhip role for one of the world's premier orchestras.
38th Morelia Music Festival kicks off next week, highlighting artists from Asia
The inaugural program includes music by Tan Dun, winner of an Academy Award and a Grammy for the soundtrack to the 200 film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
In Pomuch, to honor the dead is to preen them
In a show of love and respect, residents in Pomuch, Campeche, clean the bones of their dearly departed every year before their spirits return on Mexico's Day of the Dead.
Cempasúchil: The flower that reunites lovers across life and death
Discover the ancient Mexica legend of cempasúchil, Mexico’s flower of the dead, and how its golden-orange blooms became an iconic symbol.
In Tepoztlán, the dead get one more week to celebrate
Discover La Octava in Tepoztlán, where Day of the Dead traditions continue beyond November with family altars, marigolds and music.
From the archive: How Mexico’s Day of the Dead helps us remember the people we’ve lost
MND contributor Sarah DeVries explores how Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrates lost loved ones and offers a different way of understanding death.
Do Mexicans celebrate Halloween? It’s not what you’d expect
Many Mexicans do in fact celebrate Halloween, writes Andrea Fischer, although such observations are not as common as those for Day of the Dead, nor as culturally important.
Mexico City unveils world’s tallest Catrina for Day of the Dead
The capital claimed a world record with the 11-story Catrina statue, part of it's "mega-ofrenda" celebrating Day of the Dead.
An illustrated guide to Day of the Dead ofrendas
Bel Woodhouse turns her gift for colorful illustration to one of her favorite celebrations in this look at Mexico's iconic Day of the Dead ofrendas.
