Alux: Guardian of the Mayan Jungle
I just got back from spending a month on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. It was a great trip and I found myself delving into some interesting things while I was there.
I just got back from spending a month on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. It was a great trip and I found myself delving into some interesting things while I was there.
Day Of The Dead, or Dia De Los Muertos, is a Mexican celebration that we all know about, and even if you don’t celebrate it, you’ve probably seen the festive parades or other ceremonies events. But what’s the history behind it all?
Halloween is a fun yearly tradition of dressing up in fun or spooky costumes, kids having a fun time running house to house asking for candy, costume parties, and scary movies, all perfectly harmless fun! Except, nowadays some people try to deem it satanic and ungodly, which when you look back at its origins it’s simply untrue, so, let’s unpack this holidays origin, going over 2000 years into the past.
Mexico's Independence Day is celebrated on September 15 and 16 with festive decorations, delicious traditional foods, lively parades, and boisterous patriotic displays.