All over Mexico, early in November, families gather to welcome the souls of the dead on their annual visit home. The smells of burning copal incense and pungent cempasúchil (marigolds) mingle with the aromas of fresh bread, new clothing, sweets, and candles. One of Mexico's most important festivals since prehispanic times, the Day of the Dead is ...
A companion volume for those interested in Mexican crafts. With many colour illustrations of a wide range of collectables, it offers a vivid portrait of the Mexican people and their skills in handling all kinds of materials, from clay and silver to seeds and papier mache.
In Mexico, nearly five centuries after the Spanish Conquest, the descendants of the Aztec and the Maya may no longer build pyramids, but their rural dwellings reflect the past in other ways: perfectly adapted to their environment, they incorporate natural materials such as palm for thatching, wattle, stones, adobe bricks and wood. They include an ...
Explores the way "risk," as it is socially and culturally constructed, both produces and makes more visible health inequalities. In particular, the chapters ask how individual and collective social actors assess and define health risk in public, biomedical, economic, and political arenas.
In rural Mexico, festivals and their attendant dances mark the high point of local life. Old and New World traditions have fused to forge an awe-inspiring range of masks, their makers the creative equal of any craftsmen working today. The brilliantly coloured and wonderfully creative masks that bring to life the pages of "Mask Arts of Mexico" are ...
On November 2nd, All Souls' Day, the dead are granted celestial permission to visit friends and relatives on Earth, and the entire country of Mexico is given over to fiesta. This charming anthology celebrates this unique Mexican holiday with poems and prose, photographs and art, including 16 pages in full color.
Including practical projects that are both f un and easy to do, Focus on Aztecs and Incas provides a clos e look at these ancient civilisations, emphasising the artis tic, scientific, social and historic aspects. '
Describes the politics, society, ideas, religion, art, science, entertainment, rural life, and legacy of one of the greatest planned societies the world has ever known.
In Mexico, on November 2, All Souls's Day, the dead are granted celestial permission to visit friends and relatives on earth, and the entire country is given over to fiesta. For Mexicans, such rituals support their half-humorous conviction that death is a part of life. The boxed set includes a Size A book with full color illustrations, a color ...
Mexico has a vast range of festivals, several commemorating national events but mostly religious or spiritual in inspiration. After the Spanish Conquest of 1521, Roman Catholic teachings fused with the beliefs of native civilizations, and even today the popular arts and crafts draw upon the Church as a rich source of imagery. Fiestas are often ...
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