By Gabriela Garcia Guzman Puebla, Mexico, Aug 6 (EFE).- The ARTEAC school of arts considers itself to be the first Mexican institute of higher learning to include a course on “drag queens” in its curriculum. The institution in the central state of Puebla now offers a workshop called “Dragstars School” to teach students the basics …
By Gabriela Garcia Guzman Puebla, Mexico, Dec 7 (EFE).- Poinsettia harvest sales events have gotten under way in Atlixco, a municipality in the central Mexican state of Puebla where 15 different types of that plant are grown, including some innovative varieties. Reds, pinks, yellows, whites and combinations of colors, all in different sizes, are available …
By Gabriela Garcia Guzman Puebla, Mexico, Nov 2 (EFE).- With altars up to 5 m (16 ft) tall, residents of the central Mexican town of Huaquechula have taken the tradition of honoring departed loved ones on the Day of the Dead to another level. Thousands of Mexican and foreign tourists pour into this community in …
By Gabriela Garcia Guzman Puebla, Mexico, Jul 16 (EFE).- Volunteers are hard at work saving “La capilla enterrada” (Buried Chapel), a structure of uncertain origin that appears to combine elements of indigenous Mexican religion and the Catholic faith introduced by the Spanish conquistadors. Located outside Zapotitlan Salinas, a town in the central state of Puebla, …
By Gabriela Garcia Guzman Puebla, Mexico, Feb 21 (EFE).- Adrian Becerra is an artisan who for decades has been creating wooden masks that are used in February during the carnivals of the “huehues” in the Mexican state of Puebla, a longstanding tradition that emphasizes the merging of the indigenous and Spanish cultures. Cold faces, laughing …