Friday, July 26, 2024

MND_CULTURE

The freedom seekers who fled the Trail of Tears for a...

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At the height of slavery in the United States, a group of Black Seminoles fled the Trail of Tears to fight for a new life in Coahuila, Mexico.
Prisoner of Llerena carving

This jailhouse carving may provide an early look into the conquest...

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On the walls of an Inquisition jail cell lie a series of mysterious markings which depict the conquest of Mexico - by someone who was there.
Sofía Bassi)

Sofía Bassi: Mexico’s first and most murderous surrealist

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A talented and creative painter, her long and successful career was tarnished by her involvement in the murder of her son-in-law in Acapulco.
El Chavo del 8 and La Chilindrina

The story of ‘Little Shakespeare’ and a generation of Mexican comedy

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Who was the man behind Mexican TV's most iconic characters and what was the complicated legacy he left behind?
A rapt audience in the dark watches a film at last year's Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF)

Guanajuato International Film Festival opens its 27th edition

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The festival will show nearly 200 films, including 16 that are making their world premiere.
201st Airborne, Mexican airforce WWII

The Aztec Eagles: Mexico and the Second World War

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Often overlooked, Mexico's brave airmen saw combat alongside the United States in the war over the Pacific, winning the respect of their American colleagues.
Mexican artifacts including pottery figure of a dog and dishware on display at the Nashville Parthenon museum

Nashville museum returns over 200 artifacts to Mexico

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Many of the artifacts were originally collected in Colima by sons of a doctor who used museum donations to lower his tax bill.
Alan Glass

Alan Glass: The Canadian surrealist who found his home in Mexico

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Famed across the world, the quiet Canadian was part of a revolutionary wave of artists that found their spiritual home in magical Mexico.
Ulises from I'm no longer here and Mia from La La Land

Cumbia rebajada: Monterrey’s accidental music genre

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Monterrey's Colombian population arrived in difficult circumstances, but the music and culture they created provided a cultural touchstone unlike any other.
The pieces were voluntarily returned by Susana Zarco Carón, a Mexican citizen who has lived in Canada since 1968.

Canada returns 257 archaeological artifacts to Mexico

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Many of the artifacts, which were voluntarily returned in Montreal, Canada, are at least 1,000 years old.
Three skulls from ancient skeletons found near Mexico City's Felipe Angeles International Aiport on display on a piece of cloth

Ancient skeletons found at AIFA tell story of pre-Columbian women warriors

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A new INAH report hypothesizes that among the 112 skeletons found while building Mexico City's newest airport were ancient women warriors.

Bones of ancient ‘Man of Bilbao’ go on display in Torreón, Coahuila

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When a group of tourists found a skull in Coahuila in 2022, they feared the worst. But it turned out that the man's untimely death was not a recent tragedy.
Residents of the Nahua town Cuentepec in Morelos walk by a multi-lingual mural.

Indigenous languages including Maya, Zapotec and Nahuatl added to Google Translate

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With the new additions, millions of Mexicans who speak Indigenous languages can now use machine translation in their native languages.
La Guelaguetza festival in Oaxaca City

Oaxaca prepares to welcome 139,000 tourists for La Guelaguetza festival

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Taking place from July 22-29, La Guelaguetza attracts people from all over the world in celebration of eight Indigenous communities.
A Monterrey FC player celebrates

Mexican Slang 101: Sport

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If you don't know what it means to cruzazulear - then maybe it's time to brush up on your Mexican soccer vocabulary!
Human remains at the bottom of a cavity in Uxul, Campeche

New exhibit to showcase some of the best-preserved remains of the Maya world

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The remains, which belonged to several dozen prisoners, offer clues to the ritual violence performed at the ancient site of Uxul.