Mexico

There are calendars which list 5,000 festivals per year in Mexico, roughly 14 a day for those of you counting! We will conce

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-San Sebastian: On January 21, this patron saint is feted all over the

country, nowhere more elaborately than in Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas. However, San Sebastian stands out as one of the most important days of the fair. This is an unequaled opportunity to photograph, dance and celebrate in one of the most welcoming festivals anywhere.

The foods of Mexico are in a gastronomic world of their own, a fascinating and many-faceted world. ntrate on three very special, very significant festivals during our trips in 2003.

-The Day of the Dead: famous throughout the world, Mexico celebrates their dead as much as the living. The first two days of November mark this festival and CULTURE XPLORERS travelers will not only learn about the history and significance of this festival, but will also share a traditional day of the dead meal with a local family in Oaxaca. The Aztec civilization flourished during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries -Mexico City was founded in 1325- and they had one of the most highly developed cultures in the Americas. The tradition there is mixed within a larger, two week celebration called the January Fair. Two spices in particular were responsible for the distinctive taste of Mexican food: chili so strange and wonderful that it inspired and influenced other cuisines like the Italian, Thai, Chinese, and Indian, and vanilla that effectively became the most popular flavor in the world. It has to do with the fact the Mexico is a very large and complex country; mountains are everywhere and they separate people and climate, and consequently, cuisines. Some highlights: thousands of 'parachicos' dancers with rattles and costumed from head to toe, wearing wooden masks made to look like European faces along with enormous wigs made from the maguey cactus. There are so many regional cultures that we could barely talk about a Mexican cuisine.

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