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Upcoming for the rest of this month of December, 2009, as we wind down toward the end of the year, are these events in the Ixtapa Zihuatanejo area: December 16 through 24: Mexico celebrates the Christmas season with a series of Posadas, reenactments of the journey of Joseph and Mary seeking shelter for the birth of [...] Wow, we’ve been having a few overcast days lately – high clouds partially obscuring the direct sun which nevertheless does not cease to warm us up more than comfortably, toast our skin while on the beach (caution: you can burn just as easily under these skies!) and make us sweat walking around town. This is [...] Ah, the holiday crowds have come and now almost gone… there were bus and carloads of people (but not a tremendously unruly amount), there were crowds of happy sun and sea bathers on the beaches (but not unbearable hoards) and for us there was a nice, calm holiday break that almost left us feeling relaxed [...] The Virgin of Guadalupe Even though we’re in our standard just-before-Christmas lull and in general tourism is on the low side, there has been movement and many fun happenings in town lately, and over the next while there is a lot more planned, so here’s a quick run-down of the parts that I know of [...] December 12th is the date on which all Mexicans and countless worshipers from abroad honor Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Blessed brown-skinned Mother and Queen, patron saint of Mexico. Her miraculous appearance to young Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac near Mexico City in 1531, with her request passed on in Nahuatl to build [...] The Day of the Dead celebrations will be upon us in a few days, with flower-festooned altars (traditionally with the orange marigold, or Cempasuchitl, the flower of the dead, as well as the convoluted but beautiful blossoms of the Cockscomb or Amaranth flower). Graveyards and individual altars will be resplendently decorated with these colorful flowers as [...] |
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