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Annual pilgrimage has ancient pre-Hispanic and Catholic roots

Mexico Life Mexico City’s Pilgrimage of the Concheros has roots dating to the Conquest. Annual pilgrimage has ancient pre-Hispanic and Catholic roots Thousands of musicians and dancers gather every November in Tlatelolco, Mexico City By Joseph Sorrentino Published on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Every second Sunday in November, Tlatelolco’s Plaza de Tres Culturas in Mexico City fills with the smell of incense, the pounding of drums and singing as thousands of concheros from across central Mexico gather for their pilgrimage Read More …

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Little town of El Arenal may have been at the hub of a great civilization

Mexico Life Blue agaves cover a Guachimontón. DARIO CHAVIRA Santa Quiteria: Jalisco’s next tourism magnet or sad example of patrimonicide? Little town of El Arenal may have been at the hub of a great civilization If visitors to Guadalajara can be enticed to leave the city for a day, you can be sure they will head either to Tequila or to Teuchitlán or to both. On their way, they will speed right past the town of El Arenal, never suspecting that Read More …

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The Real Liquid Gold: Homemade Maple Syrup.

Hi to all, I, Todd Bates, have just been gifted an incredible item from my uncle, Simon Bates. It is handmade Maple Syrup (Canadian spelling!), that he tapped over 40 maple trees, and then after bringing the 40 sap buckets to the shed, then he cooked the sap for over 8 hours, to just get, maybe 1 litre of real maple syrup.  2 days just for 1 litre. The time line is only some weeks, when the weather is just Read More …

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PUERTO VALLARTA IS SET TO CELEBRATE DAY OF THE DEAD (OFFICIAL SCHEDULE)

October 30, 2019 •Vallarta Daily News •Puerto Vallarta News, Spotlight PUERTO VALLARTA IS SET TO CELEBRATE DAY OF THE DEAD (OFFICIAL SCHEDULE) Being one of the most important traditions of Mexico, the Tourism Directorate and the Vallartense Institute of Culture (IVC), announces the Day of the Dead Festival, which will take place from October 31 to November 11. At a press conference to publicize the program of activities of this festival, María Guadalupe Guerrero Carvajal, president of the Tourism and Read More …

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La Campana, Jalisco’s ‘Psychedelic Bell,’ is a jewel of natural beauty

La Campana, a bizarre little mountain. La Campana, Jalisco’s ‘Psychedelic Bell,’ is a jewel of natural beauty As you walk up the smooth, undulating surface you come upon one strange, sweeping shape after another Published on Friday, August 9, 2019 Highway 70 could be called “the adventurous way” to travel from Guadalajara to Puerto Vallarta. This road takes you past the legendary mining town of Guachinangowith its shimmering church covered with a million shards of broken porcelain plates, past Atenguillo, Read More …

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DEEPAK CHOPRA PRESENTS “THE FUTURE OF WELLNESS” AT THE VIDANTA WELLNESS RETREAT

•Vallarta Daily News Are we in the midst of an important paradigm shift in science? How does our understanding of consciousness enhance our capacity for total well-being (physical, emotional, spiritual, social, community, financial, and ecological)? These and other questions together with practical ways of experimenting with enhanced awareness, transformation, and healing are all part of Dr. Deepak Chopra’s keynote speech, “The future of well-being,” which he’ll present on Saturday, November 3rd at 4 p.m. during the Vidanta Wellness Retreat, hosted Read More …