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Dia de los Muertos! (Day of the Dead)

Dia de los Muertos! (Day of the Dead)

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is an important cultural even bridging pre-Hispanic indigenous beliefs with more modern Catholic beliefs about the dead.  

Dia de los Muertos! (Day of the Dead)

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is an important cultural even bridging pre-Hispanic indigenous beliefs with more modern Catholic beliefs about the dead.  

How Much Does Mexico Love the Horse?

How Much Does Mexico Love the Horse?

    The Horse holds a special place in the Mexican Society.  In 1519 Cortes brought the first 16 horses to New Spain (Mexico) and later proclaimed "After God, we owed our...

How Much Does Mexico Love the Horse?

    The Horse holds a special place in the Mexican Society.  In 1519 Cortes brought the first 16 horses to New Spain (Mexico) and later proclaimed "After God, we owed our...

Wandering Gypsy has become POCHTECA!

Wandering Gypsy has become POCHTECA!

Why has Wandering Gypsy become POCHTECA?

Wandering Gypsy has become POCHTECA!

Why has Wandering Gypsy become POCHTECA?

Pochteca, the Aztec Merchant Class

Pochteca, the Aztec Merchant Class

Pochteca were professional, long-distance traveling merchants in the Aztec Empire providing luxury and exotic items from faraway lands. They were a small, but important class as they not only facilitated commerce,...

Pochteca, the Aztec Merchant Class

Pochteca were professional, long-distance traveling merchants in the Aztec Empire providing luxury and exotic items from faraway lands. They were a small, but important class as they not only facilitated commerce,...

Love Wedding Special

Love Wedding Special

We wish to send a special thanks to Denise and Ryan for choosing Wandering Gypsy to create the special Amber Sunset Shot Glasses that were used at their wedding for...

Love Wedding Special

We wish to send a special thanks to Denise and Ryan for choosing Wandering Gypsy to create the special Amber Sunset Shot Glasses that were used at their wedding for...

Corn (Maize) The Staff of Life for 10,000 years.

Corn (Maize) The Staff of Life for 10,000 years.

  If you see the Lupita dolls holding a basket of Corn (Maize) it's not just a basket of Corn-on-the-Cob, it represents Life itself. For Mexicans, maize is not a...

Corn (Maize) The Staff of Life for 10,000 years.

  If you see the Lupita dolls holding a basket of Corn (Maize) it's not just a basket of Corn-on-the-Cob, it represents Life itself. For Mexicans, maize is not a...