Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category

El Triunfo, a glorious quiet town

El Triunfo, a glorious quiet town
One doesn’t arrive in El Triunfo as much as you stumble upon it. Only a few blocks long and even fewer wide, on the high winding road between the gulf and the main road between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz, you could be excused for missing it. A collection of rustic brick facades, with cracked mortar...
August 18th, 2010 | Baja Living, Culture, GALLERY, News, STORIES | Read More

Los Cabos’s Cultural Pavilion to Celebrate Mexico’s Bicentennial

Los Cabos’s Cultural Pavilion to Celebrate Mexico’s Bicentennial
On September 16th Mexico is celebrating memorable 200 years of independence. While the whole country is preparing for celebrations one way or the other, Los Cabos will be celebrating the Bicentennial with the revelation of Cultural Pavilion. The Pavilion is the first building of it’s kind in the...
August 16th, 2010 | Culture, EVENTS, News, STORIES | Read More

7th Festival de Cine, Todos Santos

7th Festival de Cine, Todos Santos
Dates: 1 – 7 March, 2010, Todos Santos The 7th Todos Santos Film Festival brings to Todos Santos and La Paz Latin American cinematography of great artistic and educational merit, while celebrating local and national Mexican film culture. This year the festival offers a selection of the best and...
February 4th, 2010 | Culture, EVENTS, News | Read More

El Día de los Muertos

El Día de los Muertos
This tradition with Hispanic roots, is based in religion and is a celebration of life and tribute to the dead. Contrary to what many may believe, the Day of the Dead is a celebration to honor those who have passed away by preparing them an altar with their favorite dishes and beverages: fruit, tamales,...
October 30th, 2009 | Culture | Read More

Celebrating New Year in Mexico

Celebrating New Year in Mexico
In Mexico, as in everywhere else, a New Year signifies the opportunity to begin something new, celebrate the year that is passing and welcoming the coming one, to analyze old goals and make New Year’s resolutions and celebrate. It is common to find families and friends celebrating on the eve of New...
December 30th, 2008 | Culture | Read More

Celebrating Christmas in Mexico

Celebrating Christmas in Mexico
A worldwide festivity, Christmas in Mexico has its roots in the celebration of the birth of the son of God on Earth. It is tradition that families gather to share dinner on the night of December 24th. Usual dinner is composed by stuffed turkey, cider and cake. At midnight there is a gift exchange, although...
December 24th, 2008 | Culture | Read More

Posadas

Posadas
The practice of posadas began as an effort of Spaniards to eliminate the costumes of native Mexicans to worship their pagan gods and to substitute their traditions with the observance of traditional catholic celebrations. At the winter solstice, with the mass, there were representations of the nativity...
December 24th, 2008 | Culture | Read More

December 12th, Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe

December 12th, Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Without a doubt, this date is one of the most representative ones for all Catholics in Mexico because it celebrates the apparition of Virgin Mary, of darker skin, to a native Mexican boy named Juan Diego in 1583. Virgin’s image got imprinted in the tunic of the boy, and is now venerated within the...
December 10th, 2008 | Culture | Read More