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When you talk about Mexican culture, it’s important to talk about all of its cultures. Mexico has a rich cultural history, dating back at least to the Olmec culture. The Teotihuacan culture emerged and fell before the Aztecs discovered its ruins, and gave it its name, meaning “City of the Gods”. The other most well-known indigenous culture of Mexico is the Maya, but there are countless more including Zapotec and Mixtec cultures in Oaxaca, all of which never disappeared, but syncretized culturally with Spanish, bringing us the rich and thriving cultures that still thrive today in Mexico as they have for thousands of years.


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¡Vamos México!

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July 2, 2018

In 30 days, I’m moving to Mexico. I’m pretty excited about it! This article is an introduction to a new chapter I’m beginning in a…

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Paradise Found!

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May 10, 2010

I had one of the best vacations of my life at Cabañas Copal in Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico. I was looking for a very…

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Religious Architecture in Spanish America

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April 25, 2004

When the Spanish first arrived in America, they did not expect to find advanced civilizations and cultures.  It must have been a great surprise,…

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A Comparison of Sacrificial Rites of Maya and Moche Cultures

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August 12, 2003

When the Spanish came to America, they found fully developed, sophisticated cultures existing independent of the European worldview. As the Conquest developed, they encountered…

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