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The Quinceañera

The Quinceañera

A quinceañera is a celebration of a girl's15th birthday. It has cultural roots in Mexico and Spain and is widely celebrated by girls throughout Latin America. In Spanish the term...

The Quinceañera

A quinceañera is a celebration of a girl's15th birthday. It has cultural roots in Mexico and Spain and is widely celebrated by girls throughout Latin America. In Spanish the term...

Indigenous People of Mexico: The Huichol

Indigenous People of Mexico: The Huichol

The Huichol are an indigenous people of Mexico living in the Sierra Madre Occidental range in the states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Durango. They are best known to the...

Indigenous People of Mexico: The Huichol

The Huichol are an indigenous people of Mexico living in the Sierra Madre Occidental range in the states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Durango. They are best known to the...

Lupita Doll Celebrates a Healthy Food, Pitaya

Lupita Doll Celebrates a Healthy Food, Pitaya

Lupita dolls have many different items in their baskets, some we are not familiar with, one of these is the Pitaya. Pitaya is a fruit that grows on the organ...

Lupita Doll Celebrates a Healthy Food, Pitaya

Lupita dolls have many different items in their baskets, some we are not familiar with, one of these is the Pitaya. Pitaya is a fruit that grows on the organ...

Pulque a Drink of the Gods, Celebrated by Lupita Dolls

Pulque a Drink of the Gods, Celebrated by Lupit...

  Pulque is an alcoholic drink which was first drunk by the Maya, Aztecs, Huastecs and other cultures in ancient Mesoamerica. Similar to beer, it is made from the fermented...

Pulque a Drink of the Gods, Celebrated by Lupit...

  Pulque is an alcoholic drink which was first drunk by the Maya, Aztecs, Huastecs and other cultures in ancient Mesoamerica. Similar to beer, it is made from the fermented...

Lupitas Celebrate Cheese

Lupitas Celebrate Cheese

Cheese was unknown in the New World before the arrival of the Spanish. There were no native animals that were used for milk production prior to the Spanish conquest. Cattle...

Lupitas Celebrate Cheese

Cheese was unknown in the New World before the arrival of the Spanish. There were no native animals that were used for milk production prior to the Spanish conquest. Cattle...

Lupita Dolls, Bird Sellers (Pajareros)

Lupita Dolls, Bird Sellers (Pajareros)

 The use of birds as pets has been a historical tradition in Mexico since prehispanic times. It has survived through bird traders, called pajareros, which is a local name given...

Lupita Dolls, Bird Sellers (Pajareros)

 The use of birds as pets has been a historical tradition in Mexico since prehispanic times. It has survived through bird traders, called pajareros, which is a local name given...