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  • Huautla de Jimenez. Day of the Dead celebrations, Mazatec Indians cleans the tombs in the cemetery. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Triqui Indians commuity of migrants from Oaxaca. They lives in shanty towns or in abandoned old houses.  in More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth ? Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
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  • Triqui Indians commuity of migrants from Oaxaca. They lives in shanty towns or in abandoned old houses.  in More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth ? Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
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  • Huautla de Jimenez. Day of the Dead: theMazatec Indians coming at cemetery the afternoon before the celebration. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Triqui Indians commuity of migrants from Oaxaca. They lives in shanty towns or in abandoned old houses.  in More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth ? Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
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  • Triqui Indians commuity of migrants from Oaxaca. They lives in shanty towns or in abandoned old houses.  in More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth ? Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
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  • Triqui Indians commuity of migrants from Oaxaca. They lives in shanty towns or in abandoned old houses.  in More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth ? Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
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  • Triqui Indians commuity of migrants from Oaxaca. They lives in shanty towns or in abandoned old houses.  in More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth ? Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
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  • Triqui Indians commuity of migrants from Oaxaca. They lives in shanty towns or in abandoned old houses.  in More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth ? Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
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  • Triqui Indians commuity of migrants from Oaxaca. They lives in shanty towns or in abandoned old houses.  in More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth — Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as “embassies” for their distant villages.
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  • Triqui Indians commuity of migrants from Oaxaca. They lives in shanty towns or in abandoned old houses.  in More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth ? Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
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  • Triqui Indians commuity of migrants from Oaxaca. They lives in shanty towns or in abandoned old houses.  in More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth ? Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
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  • Triqui Indians commuity of migrants from Oaxaca. They lives in shanty towns or in abandoned old houses.  in More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth ? Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
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  • Huautla de Jimenez. Day of the Dead: theMazatec Indians coming at cemetery the afternoon before the celebration. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Huautla de Jimenez. Day of the Dead: theMazatec Indians coming at cemetery the afternoon before the celebration. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Indian young farmer in Mexico City agricoltural area. More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth — Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as “embassies” for their distant villages.
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  • Indian young farmer in Mexico City agricoltural area. More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth ? Mexico City.
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  • Otomì indian migrants, a couple living in a abandoned house of the historical centre. The man works only sometimes. More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth — Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as “embassies” for their distant villages.
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  • Indian young farmer in Mexico City agricoltural area. More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth — Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as “embassies” for their distant villages.
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  • Tehuantepec, two puppets dressed in a traditional Zapotec Indians. They parade along the streetys at the beginning of a Vela, the traditional celebrations of Indian Zapotec Women of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
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  • Indian political meeting in Mexico City's Zocalo, in front of National Palace. More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth — Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as “embassies” for their distant villages.
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  • Tehuantepec, two puppets dressed in a traditional Zapotec Indians. They parade along the streetys at the beginning of a Vela, the traditional celebrations of Indian Zapotec Women of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
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  • Oaxaca: Huautla de Jimenez. Day of the Dead: the ?Huehuentones?, performing the souls coming back, dance and plays in the streets and inside the cemetery. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Oaxaca: Huautla de Jimenez. Day of the Dead: the “Huehuentones”, performing the souls coming back, dance and plays in the streets and inside the cemetery. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations, the village's market. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Huautla de Jimenez. Day of the Dead, the “Huehuentones”, performing the souls coming back, dance and plays in the streets and inside the cemetery. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Huautla de Jimenez. Day of the Dead: theMazatec Indians coming at cemetery the afternoon before the celebration.
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  • More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth ? Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations are held in veneration of the dead from sunset until sunrise the following day with candlelight in the cemetery. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations are held in veneration of the dead from sunset until sunrise the following day with candlelight in the cemetery. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations are held in veneration of the dead from sunset until sunrise the following day with candlelight in the cemetery. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • There was an error processing the metadata on this file. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Oaxaca: Huautla de Jimenez. Day of the Dead: the ?Huehuentones?, performing the souls coming back, dance and plays in the streets and inside the cemetery. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Oaxaca: Huautla de Jimenez. Day of the Dead: the ?Huehuentones?, performing the souls coming back, dance and plays in the streets and inside the cemetery. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Coras Holy Week, The day before the beginning of the Holy Week many Cora Indians weave palm leafs for the ceremonies. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn't partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the ?Jews?, the devil's militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations are held in veneration of the dead from sunset until sunrise the following day with candlelight in the cemetery. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Huautla de Jimenez. Day of the Dead: theMazatec Indians coming at cemetery the afternoon before the celebration.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations are held in veneration of the dead from sunset until sunrise the following day with candlelight in the cemetery. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth ? Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations are held in veneration of the dead from sunset until sunrise the following day with candlelight in the cemetery. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide. Far away from more well-traveled tourist routes, in a Sierrra Madre mountain village near Oaxaca, women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive. In Huautla de Jimenez local Mazatec Indians still meet their long-gone friends and family in the graveyard, celebrating along with Huehuetones, mysterious masked figures representing the visiting souls from the Underworld.
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  • More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth ? Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
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  • Santo Domingo church, the indian crafts market.
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  • Mexicos's most populous Indian community, a mosaic of more than 400.000, lives in a most unexpected place, in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth, Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to weave dreams and make plans difficult to undertand by  those part of their world. The ties to their homes are so strong, that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages...that form, in many ways, a different world. This Indian world of the city is a subterranean universe, often hidden behind the annonymous doorway of some rundown colonial mansion.
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  • Mexicos’s most populous Indian community, a mosaic of more than 400.000, lives in a most unexpected place, in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth, Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to weave dreams and make plans difficult to undertand by  those part of their world. The ties to their homes are so strong, that some researchers define these urban groups as “embassies” for their distant villages...that form, in many ways, a different world. This Indian world of the city is a subterranean universe, often hidden behind the annonymous doorway of some rundown colonial mansion.
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  • Mexicos’s most populous Indian community, a mosaic of more than 400.000, lives in a most unexpected place, in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth, Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to weave dreams and make plans difficult to undertand by  those part of their world. The ties to their homes are so strong, that some researchers define these urban groups as “embassies” for their distant villages...that form, in many ways, a different world. This Indian world of the city is a subterranean universe, often hidden behind the annonymous doorway of some rundown colonial mansion.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Tarahumaras, or Raramuris as they call themselveses, are the most important indian people of northern Mexico. Isolated within the remote landscape of the formidabile and spectacular Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) live more than 50.000 Tarahumaras, the first largest Indian people of Norhern Mexico that call themselves Raramuri, “runners”, for thier ability to run long distances. Many Tarahumaras live in caves and log cabins, down in the canyon in winter and in the highlands in summer. They still retain strong traditions, today menaced by increasing pressure from increasing desertification and drug trafficants. Still today, the most importan event is the Holy Week, celebrated for days with a unique religious synchretism of Catholicism and traditional worship.
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  • Mexicos’s most populous Indian community, a mosaic of more than 400.000, lives in a most unexpected place, in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth, Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to weave dreams and make plans difficult to undertand by  those part of their world. The ties to their homes are so strong, that some researchers define these urban groups as “embassies” for their distant villages...that form, in many ways, a different world. This Indian world of the city is a subterranean universe, often hidden behind the annonymous doorway of some rundown colonial mansion.
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  • Mexicos's most populous Indian community, a mosaic of more than 400.000, lives in a most unexpected place, in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth, Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to weave dreams and make plans difficult to undertand by  those part of their world. The ties to their homes are so strong, that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages...that form, in many ways, a different world. This Indian world of the city is a subterranean universe, often hidden behind the annonymous doorway of some rundown colonial mansion.
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  • Mexicos's most populous Indian community, a mosaic of more than 400.000, lives in a most unexpected place, in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth, Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to weave dreams and make plans difficult to undertand by  those part of their world. The ties to their homes are so strong, that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages...that form, in many ways, a different world. This Indian world of the city is a subterranean universe, often hidden behind the annonymous doorway of some rundown colonial mansion.
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  • Mexicos's most populous Indian community, a mosaic of more than 400.000, lives in a most unexpected place, in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth, Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to weave dreams and make plans difficult to undertand by  those part of their world. The ties to their homes are so strong, that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages...that form, in many ways, a different world. This Indian world of the city is a subterranean universe, often hidden behind the annonymous doorway of some rundown colonial mansion.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Tarahumaras, or Raramuris as they call themselveses, are the most important indian people of northern Mexico. Isolated within the remote landscape of the formidabile and spectacular Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) live more than 50.000 Tarahumaras, the first largest Indian people of Norhern Mexico that call themselves Raramuri, “runners”, for thier ability to run long distances. Many Tarahumaras live in caves and log cabins, down in the canyon in winter and in the highlands in summer. They still retain strong traditions, today menaced by increasing pressure from increasing desertification and drug trafficants. Still today, the most importan event is the Holy Week, celebrated for days with a unique religious synchretism of Catholicism and traditional worship.
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  • Mexicos's most populous Indian community, a mosaic of more than 400.000, lives in a most unexpected place, in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth, Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to weave dreams and make plans difficult to undertand by  those part of their world. The ties to their homes are so strong, that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages...that form, in many ways, a different world. This Indian world of the city is a subterranean universe, often hidden behind the annonymous doorway of some rundown colonial mansion.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre). Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week. The “fariseos” interpretes the part of “spanish”, the Jesus Christ’s enemies. Isolated within the remote landscape of the formidabile and spectacular Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) live more than 50.000 Tarahumaras, the first largest Indian people of Norhern Mexico that call themselves Raramuri, “runners”, for thier ability to run long distances. Many Tarahumaras live in caves and log cabins, down in the canyon in winter and in the highlands in summer. They still retain strong traditions, today menaced by increasing pressure from increasing desertification and drug trafficants. Still today, the most importan event is the Holy Week, celebrated for days with a unique religious synchretism of Catholicism and traditional worship.
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  • Otomì community of Indian migrants in living in the heart of Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as “embassies” for their distant villages.
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  • Nusatupo Indian Kuna village. No outsiders (waga) are allowed to live on the islands.
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  • Nusatupo Indian Kuna village, cocoa milk. No outsiders (waga) are allowed to live on the islands.
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  • Chichicastenango. Twice a week "Chichi" hosts the most famous Indian market in the entire Maya region.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations, Patzcuaro. The market sells ?calaveras?, skulls of sugar.  Day of the Dead, Janitzio island, the cemetery. The celebrations are held from sunset until sunrise the following day. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide, but perhaps nowhere moreso than in the state of Michoacan. During prehispanic times, Patzcuaro's lake was thought to be an important entrance to the ?Inframundo? - the Indian Underworld. During Dia de Muertos, the Inframundo's doors open, and the souls of the departed return to earth to visit their earth-bound family and friends. At night in the small graveyard on Janitzio Island, illuminated only by a sea of candles, Purepecha women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive.
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  • Day of the Dead, Janitzio island, band performing for, "Los Angelitos",  the children souls. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide, but perhaps nowhere moreso than in the state of Michoacan. During prehispanic times, Patzcuaro’s lake was thought to be an important entrance to the “Inframundo” – the Indian Underworld. During Dia de Muertos, the Inframundo’s doors open, and the souls of the departed return to earth to visit their earth-bound family and friends. At night in the small graveyard on Janitzio Island, illuminated only by a sea of candles, Purepecha women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Tarahumaras, or Raramuris as they call themselveses, are the most important indian people of northern Mexico.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Tarahumaras, or Raramuris as they call themselveses, are the most important indian people of northern Mexico.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Tarahumaras, or Raramuris as they call themselveses, are the most important indian people of northern Mexico.
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  • Nusatupo Indian Kuna village. No outsiders (waga) are allowed to live on the islands.
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  • Chichicastenango. Twice a week "Chichi" hosts the most famous Indian market in the entire Maya region.
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  • Chichicastenango. Twice a week "Chichi" hosts the most famous Indian market in the entire Maya region.
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  • Chichicastenango. Twice a week "Chichi" hosts the most famous Indian market in the entire Maya region.
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  • Chichicastenango. Twice a week "Chichi" hosts the most famous Indian market in the entire Maya region.
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  • Chichicastenango: Cakchiquel Maya indian.
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  • Otomì community of Indian migrants in living in the heart of Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
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  • Otomì community of Indian migrants in living in the heart of Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
    em0216365.jpg
  • Otomì community of Indian migrants in living in the heart of Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
    em0216356.jpg
  • Otomì community of Indian migrants in living in the heart of Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as ?embassies? for their distant villages.
    em0216354.jpg
  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week. Holy Friday, Jesus Christ sepolture. Isolated within the remote landscape of the formidabile and spectacular Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) live more than 50.000 Tarahumaras, the first largest Indian people of Norhern Mexico that call themselves Raramuri, ?runners?, for thier ability to run long distances. Many Tarahumaras live in caves and log cabins, down in the canyon in winter and in the highlands in summer. They still retain strong traditions, today menaced by increasing pressure from increasing desertification and drug trafficants. Still today, the most importan event is the Holy Week, celebrated for days with a unique religious synchretism of Catholicism and traditional worship.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week. The ?fariseos? interpretes the part of ?spanish?, the Jesus Christ's enemies. Isolated within the remote landscape of the formidabile and spectacular Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) live more than 50.000 Tarahumaras, the first largest Indian people of Norhern Mexico that call themselves Raramuri, ?runners?, for thier ability to run long distances. Many Tarahumaras live in caves and log cabins, down in the canyon in winter and in the highlands in summer. They still retain strong traditions, today menaced by increasing pressure from increasing desertification and drug trafficants. Still today, the most importan event is the Holy Week, celebrated for days with a unique religious synchretism of Catholicism and traditional worship.
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  • Day of the Dead, Janitzio island, the cemetery. The celebrations are held from sunset until sunrise, with candles, food and drinks for the souls. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide, but perhaps nowhere moreso than in the state of Michoacan. During prehispanic times, Patzcuaro's lake was thought to be an important entrance to the ?Inframundo? - the Indian Underworld. During Dia de Muertos, the Inframundo's doors open, and the souls of the departed return to earth to visit their earth-bound family and friends. At night in the small graveyard on Janitzio Island, illuminated only by a sea of candles, Purepecha women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations, Patzcuaro. The market sells ?calaveras?, skulls of sugar.  Day of the Dead, Janitzio island, the cemetery. The celebrations are held from sunset until sunrise the following day. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide, but perhaps nowhere moreso than in the state of Michoacan. During prehispanic times, Patzcuaro's lake was thought to be an important entrance to the ?Inframundo? - the Indian Underworld. During Dia de Muertos, the Inframundo's doors open, and the souls of the departed return to earth to visit their earth-bound family and friends. At night in the small graveyard on Janitzio Island, illuminated only by a sea of candles, Purepecha women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive.
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  • Day of the Dead, Janitzio island, the cemetery. The celebrations are held from sunset until sunrise, with candles, food and drinks for the souls. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide, but perhaps nowhere moreso than in the state of Michoacan. During prehispanic times, Patzcuaro's lake was thought to be an important entrance to the ?Inframundo? - the Indian Underworld. During Dia de Muertos, the Inframundo's doors open, and the souls of the departed return to earth to visit their earth-bound family and friends. At night in the small graveyard on Janitzio Island, illuminated only by a sea of candles, Purepecha women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations, Patzcuaro. The market sells ?calaveras?, skulls of sugar.  Day of the Dead, Janitzio island, the cemetery. The celebrations are held from sunset until sunrise the following day. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide, but perhaps nowhere moreso than in the state of Michoacan. During prehispanic times, Patzcuaro's lake was thought to be an important entrance to the ?Inframundo? - the Indian Underworld. During Dia de Muertos, the Inframundo's doors open, and the souls of the departed return to earth to visit their earth-bound family and friends. At night in the small graveyard on Janitzio Island, illuminated only by a sea of candles, Purepecha women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations, Patzcuaro. The market sells ?calaveras?, skulls of sugar. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide, but perhaps nowhere moreso than in the state of Michoacan. During prehispanic times, Patzcuaro's lake was thought to be an important entrance to the ?Inframundo? - the Indian Underworld. During Dia de Muertos, the Inframundo's doors open, and the souls of the departed return to earth to visit their earth-bound family and friends. At night in the small graveyard on Janitzio Island, illuminated only by a sea of candles, Purepecha women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive.
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  • Day of the Dead celebrations, Patzcuaro. The market sells ?calaveras?, skulls of sugar.  Day of the Dead, Janitzio island, the cemetery. The celebrations are held from sunset until sunrise the following day. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an ?oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,? is one of Mexico's most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide, but perhaps nowhere moreso than in the state of Michoacan. During prehispanic times, Patzcuaro's lake was thought to be an important entrance to the ?Inframundo? - the Indian Underworld. During Dia de Muertos, the Inframundo's doors open, and the souls of the departed return to earth to visit their earth-bound family and friends. At night in the small graveyard on Janitzio Island, illuminated only by a sea of candles, Purepecha women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive.
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  • Day of the Dead, Janitzio island church. Food for the souls without relatives.  The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide, but perhaps nowhere moreso than in the state of Michoacan. During prehispanic times, Patzcuaro’s lake was thought to be an important entrance to the “Inframundo” – the Indian Underworld. During Dia de Muertos, the Inframundo’s doors open, and the souls of the departed return to earth to visit their earth-bound family and friends. At night in the small graveyard on Janitzio Island, illuminated only by a sea of candles, Purepecha women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive.
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  • Historical center, popular handycraft market of la Ciudela. Mexicos's most populous Indian community, a mosaic of more than 400.000, lives in the heart of the  megalopolis.
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  • Mexicos’s most populous Indian community, a mosaic of more than 400.000, lives in a most unexpected place, in the heart of the one of the largest megalopolis on the earth, Mexico City.
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  • Otomì community of Indian migrants living in the heart of Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as “embassies” for their distant villages.
    em0216367.jpg
  • Day of the Dead, Janitzio island, the cemetery. The celebrations are held from sunset until sunrise, with candles, food and drinks for the souls. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide, but perhaps nowhere moreso than in the state of Michoacan. During prehispanic times, Patzcuaro’s lake was thought to be an important entrance to the “Inframundo” – the Indian Underworld. During Dia de Muertos, the Inframundo’s doors open, and the souls of the departed return to earth to visit their earth-bound family and friends. At night in the small graveyard on Janitzio Island, illuminated only by a sea of candles, Purepecha women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive.
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  • Day of the Dead, Janitzio island, the cemetery. The celebrations are held from sunset until sunrise, with candles, food and drinks for the souls. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide, but perhaps nowhere moreso than in the state of Michoacan. During prehispanic times, Patzcuaro’s lake was thought to be an important entrance to the “Inframundo” – the Indian Underworld. During Dia de Muertos, the Inframundo’s doors open, and the souls of the departed return to earth to visit their earth-bound family and friends. At night in the small graveyard on Janitzio Island, illuminated only by a sea of candles, Purepecha women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive.
    em0212994.jpg
  • Day of the Dead, Janitzio island, band performing for, "Los Angelitos",  the children souls. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide, but perhaps nowhere moreso than in the state of Michoacan. During prehispanic times, Patzcuaro’s lake was thought to be an important entrance to the “Inframundo” – the Indian Underworld. During Dia de Muertos, the Inframundo’s doors open, and the souls of the departed return to earth to visit their earth-bound family and friends. At night in the small graveyard on Janitzio Island, illuminated only by a sea of candles, Purepecha women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive.
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  • Day of the Dead, Janitzio island, the cemetery. The celebrations are held from sunset until sunrise the following day. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide, but perhaps nowhere moreso than in the state of Michoacan. During prehispanic times, Patzcuaro’s lake was thought to be an important entrance to the “Inframundo” – the Indian Underworld. During Dia de Muertos, the Inframundo’s doors open, and the souls of the departed return to earth to visit their earth-bound family and friends. At night in the small graveyard on Janitzio Island, illuminated only by a sea of candles, Purepecha women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive.
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  • Nusatupo Indian Kuna village. No outsiders (waga) are allowed to live on the islands.
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  • Nusatupo Indian Kuna village. No outsiders (waga) are allowed to live on the islands.
    em0510149.jpg
  • Day of the Dead, Janitzio island, the cemetery. The celebrations are held from sunset until sunrise the following day. The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), recently declared by UNESCO as an “oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” is one of Mexico’s most cherished traditions, celebrated in cities and villages countrywide, but perhaps nowhere moreso than in the state of Michoacan. During prehispanic times, Patzcuaro’s lake was thought to be an important entrance to the “Inframundo” – the Indian Underworld. During Dia de Muertos, the Inframundo’s doors open, and the souls of the departed return to earth to visit their earth-bound family and friends. At night in the small graveyard on Janitzio Island, illuminated only by a sea of candles, Purepecha women speak quietly with beloved departed souls at graves adorned with offerings of food, candies, liquor, cigarettes, evertything their dead  enjoyed while alive.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre). Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week. The "fariseos" interprete the part of Jesus Christ's enemies. Isolated within the remote landscape of the formidabile and spectacular Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) live more than 50.000 Tarahumaras, the first largest Indian people of Norhern Mexico that call themselves Raramuri. They still retain strong traditions, today menaced by increasing pressure from increasing desertification and drug trafficants. Still today, the most importan event is the Holy Week, celebrated for days with a unique religious synchretism of Catholicism and traditional worship.
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  • Indian market
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Tarahumaras, or Raramuris as they call themselveses, are the most important indian people of northern Mexico.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Creel, timber’s indiscriminate cutting  is a real danger for Barranca ecosystem. , Valle de los Hongos. Isolated within the remote landscape of the formidabile and spectacular Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) live more than 50.000 Tarahumaras, the first largest Indian people of Norhern Mexico that call themselves Raramuri. Many Tarahumaras live in caves and log cabins, down in the canyon in winter and in the highlands in summer.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Tarahumaras, or Raramuris as they call themselveses, are the most important indian people of northern Mexico.
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  • Santo Domingo church, the indian crafts market.
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