General Facts… General Facts About Tunisia 13 Nov 2025 Tunisia, officially known as the Republic of Tunisia, is a nation situated in the Maghreb region of North Africa. This country is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest and Libya to the southeast.…
angel… My Mexican Angel 15 Oct 202515 Oct 2025 It was really hard for me to decide what artist to base my Mexican angel on. I admire the craftsmanship and art from Mexico so much... but seeing Mario Castillo's…
Art… The Mexican Muralist Movement. Part II 24 Sep 20253 Oct 2025 I decided to write the post to share the murals I saw when I visited Pilsen in Chicago, U.S. Here immigrants from Mexico started to settle after World War I…
Art… Surrealist Female Artists in Mexico 6 Sep 20256 Sep 2025 Imagine yourself a woman in 1940's in Europe and wanting to be an artist. The place was way too oppressing with the war and its aftermath and also with the…
Art… Crafts from Mexico 28 Aug 2025 Just like their dancing, the crafts of Mexico are historic, alive today and so varied! Of all the countries I have visited in my life, Mexico was by far the…
Beauty… La Guelaguetza, a festival from Oaxaca. 20 Aug 202520 Aug 2025 The origins of La Guelaguetza are deeply rooted in the history of the Zapotec and Mixtec peoples of Oaxaca. The word "Guelaguetza" comes from the Zapotec language and means "reciprocal exchanges of gifts and…
Art… Mexico’s Folk Dancing 8 Aug 202518 Aug 2025 Mexico has a rich and diverse heritage of folkloric dances, known as baile folklórico, which are deeply tied to the country's history and regional identity. These dances are a fusion…
History… Visiting Maya Exhibits Part 2 4 Jul 20254 Jul 2025 The second exhibit about the Maya I visited was in The Peabody Museum of Archeology and Enthnology at Harvard University. This museum is renowned for its extensive Mesoamerican collections, and…
History… History of Mexico Part I 7 May 20259 May 2025 Knowledge of Mexico's history before the Spanish conquest comes primarily from the analysis of Mesoamerican indigenous manuscripts (especially Aztec, Mayan, and Mixtec codices) by archaeologists, epigraphers, and ethnohistorians. Accounts from…
Geography… The Geography of Mexico Part II 27 Apr 2025 In my last post I covered five of the ten geographical regions of Mexico: Baja California Peninsula, The Mexican Plateau, The Sierra Madre Oriental, the The Sierra Madre Occidental &…
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