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Paseo de las Ánimas

Every year during Hanal Pixán, the Mayan name for the traditional Day of the Dead celebrations, they close Calle 66 one night from the church at La Ermita to the cemetery – about 10 or 12 blocks.  City departments, schools, people who live along the street and other groups build traditional altars in the [...]

I’m back, sort of

that's our internet line in that box

We’ve been without internet for several days, we got it back yesterday but I have continued to pretend it was out so I could get other things done.  Oh boy, have I got a PILE of unread emails!  I don’t know where to start, I go [...]

Hanal Pixán & Mucbil Pollo

Monumento a la Patria

Here in Yucatán, the Day of the Dead is called Hanal Pixán.  It has many of the same beliefs and traditions as in the rest of Mexico but it also has some things that are different, it’s done the Mayan way.  One of the traditional foods usually eaten on [...]