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Skeins of yarn colored traditionally with natural dyes ready for weaving

Use of natural dyes hangs on by a thread in Mexico

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Santos Popoca Fernández

Puebla artist helps Aztec dancers preserve ancient traditions

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Far from solemn, quiet affairs, religious processions in Mexico, including funerals, are accompanied by loud music provided by bands featuring brass, woodwinds, and percussion.

At these holy processions comes devotion, along with a most joyful...

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The Niñopa in procession in 2012.

Xochimilco’s nearly 450-year-old Niñopa statue adapts to the pandemic

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Each baker puts their own stamp on rosca de reyes, a traditional Candlemas bread.

Kings’ Day bread is all about tradition, but each baker’s method...

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Ann Murdy's award-winning book shares photos of the celebration in rural areas of Michoacán, Oaxaca and Puebla.

Photographer captures the Day of the Dead most have never seen

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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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Bakers at work on "dead bread."

Bakers are preparing special bread that accompanies Day of the Dead

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Dance of the Knives is performed in a community near Toluca de Guadalupe.

Coronavirus can’t deter dancers from their tradition in Tlaxcala

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A cleansing ceremony that employs smoke from the copal is performed at the beginning of a velación.

In San Gregorio, a velación kicks off all important fiestas

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