Tag: México
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Juan Beckman Gallardo Cultural Center – Tequila, Jalisco. México 🇲🇽
We visited this Cultural Center during a one-day trip to Tequila, Jalisco. We arrived there through the charming “Tequila Cuervo Train” that departs from Guadalajara and which takes around two hours. The Juan Beckman Gallardo Cultural Center holds different exhibitions, including a series of 17th to 19th-century carriages. Inside the building, there is a collection…
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Book Review: El Conejo en la Cara de la Luna – Ensayos sobre la mitología de la tradición mesoamericana
Decidí comprar este libro durante una visita rápida a la librería del Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) en Toluca, mi ciudad natal. El título y descripción general del libro atrajeron mi atención, al ilustrar aspectos interesantes de tradiciones mesoamericanas. El libro está escrito por Alfredo López Austin, quien es considerado uno de los más destacados…
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National Museum of Mexican Art. Pilsen, Chicago.
This is a Museum that, as a Mexican, I was looking forward to visit after we moved to Chicago. We decided to visit it for a special Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) exhibition in late October 2019. Founded in 1982, the museum aims to represent the Mexican community from their own point…