“This year, Jalisco will become the first state in Mexico to offer a degree in Mexican Regional Music, specifically mariachi, as part of a strategy seeking to strengthen the state’s cultural heritage and preserve the musical genre that was added to UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2011.”
Gaby Solís, Writer
Mariachi music can be heard anywhere in Mexico, but only one school offers a degree in it, and it just happens to be located in the birthplace of the tradition:…
Mexico’s obsidian has been used for everything from Mexica swords to polished jaguar statues, but its largest deposits in Jalisco are being depleted.
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A number of once-common species — such as the American grebe and the roseate spoonbill — simply aren’t coming back anymore, due to the drying wetlands and rising temperatures in…
