Traditions
Torch Runners
If you are in the Yucatán or other parts of Mexico on December 12th or a few days before, you are likely to come across the "
Mayan Bonesetters
Mayan bonesetters believe they have an innate ability and that their vocation is a divine calling; that their hands “work by means of dreams” and they us
Hanal Pixan Altars
The Day of the Dead provides a special motive for the Mayan women to display a vast variety of dishes which
The Christ of Sitilpech
In a Catholic world in the process of consolidation, searching for means of expression, religious images are key.
Corridor of the Souls 2009
They say that if you want to have contact with the “other side”, you should set aside the day…or rather the night…of October 30, in the neighborhood
The Virgin of Izamal
Father Bernardo de Lizana wrote in the pages of the “Dictionary of Our Lady of Izamal and the Spiritual Con
Embroidery in Yucatan
In his book "Relación de las Cosas de Yucatán", Fray Diego de Landa mentions that the Mayan women "wove with curiosity works of the pen to adorn their garm