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Lupita Doll Celebrates a Healthy Food, Pitaya

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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 grow...

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Pulque a Drink of the Gods, Celebrated by Lupita Dolls

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

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 th...

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...

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Charro, celebrating horsemanship, style and tradition unique to Mexico

Lupita Charro, an essential part of Mexican Culture The history of the charro dates back to the Spanish Conquest, the most direct translation of ...

The Amazing Pan Dulce Lupita Doll

Soon after the Spanish Conquest of the Americas, Wheat was introduced to the New World. The Catholic Church required that the Eucharist wafer be ma...

Lupita Celebrates Corn in Mexican Culture with 3 Beautiful Doll Series!

Corn is more than a staple in Mexico. Iconic, emblematic and quintessentially Mexican, corn isn't just the primary basis of daily meals. It's a fo...

Apples! A Celebration by Lupita Dolls!

Mexico has a long and hidden history of Apple cultivation. Apples were introduced by the Spaniards soon after the conquest, but only for Spanish u...

Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly

NAJACO’s Lupita Butterfly Platter Doll celebrates the Monarch Butterfly that hibernates in the forests of the state of Michoacan. Recent news high...

Lupita Doll with a Basket of Fresh Vegetables

Lupita Dolls show the importance of Agriculture in Mexico.

In Mexico, about 5,000 years ago, people began planting and growing food crops. As a stable food source developed, civilization grew and flourishe...

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The Lupita Doll, Our Lady of Guadalupe represents a key portion of Mexican Culture.

The importance of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexican Culture

Josefina Aguilar

Josefina Aguilar, Ceramicist, National Treasure

You may have seen the small ceramic figures of women selling flowers or Virgin Marys, Frida Kahlo and many others. They look rustic, s...

We Visit Tonala, Jalisco Mexico!!!

We visit Tonala at least two times a year as an excuse to visit Mexico, to meet new artists and to stay in touch with our artist friends. Tonala h...