MEXpeditions

02/11/2024

Beautiful photo collection by various photographers of Hanal Pixan traditions and celebrations in Merida and Yucatan Mexico.

02/11/2024

From Merida, Yucatan, Paseo de Animas (Walk of the Souls) by Soy Ema Duarte. Beautiful traditions honoring beloved departed souls, welcoming their visits with treasured memories, special foods, favorite objects and meaningful offerings.

02/11/2024

From Mani, Pueblos Magicos (Magic Town), a beautiful Hanal Pixan photo captured by Diana Villordo. Yucatan Travel

02/11/2024

From Yucatan, Taller Maya shares the loving sentiments of Janal Pixán, which celebrates and revives that tradition with each lit candle and with each scent of copal that rises to the sky, opening the doors between the visible and the invisible, a tribute to memory, a meeting between those who left and those who still remember them.

11/10/2024

Mexico's new Madame Presidente, Claudia Sheinbaum, at her inaugration, wears a beautiful traditional dress, designed and handmade by Oaxacan artisan Claudia Vásquez Aquino. Here's the background. Thank you Diana Villordo. Yucatan Travel for sharing this!

05/10/2024

17-year-old Mexican student receives the Global Student Prize 2024, chosen from 11,000 nominations from 176 countries.
At 17, Angela Elena Olazarán Laureano, from Mexico, was awarded the Global Student Prize 2024. Olazarán was selected from more than 11,000 nominations from 176 countries around the world, making her a true Mexican pride. Olazarán designed and created “Ixtlilton,” a virtual medical assistant using artificial intelligence with the ability to diagnose 21 diseases based on specific questions, a great help for people in rural areas and/or who do not have access to public health or other basic services. Olazarán’s will use her prize award of $1,000 to create a dedicated technology classroom in Veracruz. https://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/angela-elena-olazaran-la-mejor-estudiante-del-mundo.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawFuUmVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRd62ytD5-Dh6pB7hEc-VUG1_y39ws-QnYTUCzc1YPN6TW7vXLtRoHek5Q_aem_rmYuhplXdJ0D_Rhit6aUhQ

03/10/2024

Wonderful video with captivating sounds of flamingos on the shores of the Yucatan Peninsula. The caption, in Spanish, translates in English: A very active morning at dawn shows us the great activity of many feeding birds, urgently demonstrating that we must take care of all these areas from the real estate boom and devastation that is currently being experienced in Yucatán♥️
⚠️Remember that tourism lives off nature and not the other way around, that is why it is very important to take care of it⚠️

30/09/2024

From Oaxaca, beautifully said on Sept 29, National Corn Day of celebration - "Every grain tells a story of tradition, identity and connection with the land."

🌽🌽¡El maíz es la base de la alimentación oaxaqueña!

El Día Estatal del Maíz Nativo nos brinda una oportunidad para honrar y reconocer la importancia de este ancestral y vital cultivo, pues representa la riqueza de la herencia agrícola y el saber ancestral de nuestras comunidades.

En Oaxaca, cada grano cuenta una historia de tradición, identidad y conexión con la tierra.

¡Ven y disfruta de los deliciosos platillos preparados con maíz nativo oaxaqueño!

29/09/2024

National Corn Day in Mexico, Día Nacional del Maíz, is celebrated annually on September 29, to honor corn, or maíz, a sacred food and a central part of Mexican culture. Indigenous peoples in Mexico domesticated corn around 10,000 years ago; scientists believe that corn was developed from a wild grass called teosinte by the indigenous people living in central Mexico. There are more than 60 types of corn in Mexico. This day celebrates Mexico's ancestral food and the important role it plays in Mexican gastronomy.

29/09/2024

Celebrating National Corn Day in Mexico, September 29.

Celebramos el Día Nacional del Maíz. 🌽🇲🇽

Esta fecha reconoce la importancia del maíz como parte de nuestra identidad y pilar de nuestra .

27/09/2024

Happy World Tourism Day 2024.

18/09/2024

“Las Amazonas de Yaxunah,” a compelling documentary featuring the remarkable spirit and determination of an extraordinary Mayan women's softball team from Yucatán Mexico. Narrated by Yalitza Aparicio, first Oscar nominated Indigenous Mexican actress (Best Actress), the film follows the inspiring journey of this team of 26 passionate players, aged 13 to 62, as they shattered gender stereotypes and overcame immense challenges to pursue their passion for softball. Emerging in 2018, players compete barefoot wearing traditional Maya dresses (huipiles). Every softball game starts with a Maya battle cry, ending with “¡mujeres fuertes!”(strong women).
Wearing traditional dress pays homage to their Maya culture and demonstrates that women can be both feminine and strong. Playing shoeless reinforces their bravery and connection to Mother Earth.
A trailer of the film, directed by U.S.-based filmmaker Alfonso Algara, is available free online. https://vimeo.com/944224084
The film made its debut at the 2024 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) Sunday, June 2: “In a small Mayan village in the heart of the Yucatán jungle in México, a group of women began playing [softball] with a makeshift bat carved out of a tree branch.”
In conjunction with the 20th anniversary of ESPN Deportes, the film is featured on the ESPN network during Hispanic Heritage Month US, from September 15 to October 15. After its premiere on linear television, Sept. 17, 8 p.m. EST/PST on ESPN2 and ESPN DEportes, the extended version of the documentary is available on ESPN+ in both languages. https://barrettmedia.com/2024/09/13/espn-to-commemorate-hispanic-heritage-month/
A major theme in the film is how players had to break stereotypes about women competing in sports, especially in an insular indigenous community where feminism doesn’t exactly flourish. “What ensued was a fight against sexism that would change their lives. Playing barefoot and in traditional Mayan dresses, with lack of resources, Las Amazonas became a traveling softball team that both challenged cultural norms and brought a new generation closer to their Mayan traditions. The documentary captures their trips across Mexico and their continued fight for equality in their town.” In September 2023, during Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States, Las Amazonas were invited to Arizona to play an exhibition game at Chase Field against the Phoenix University Falcons, which they won 22–3, and to attend a game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Francisco Giants, where they threw the ceremonial first pitch.
ESPN https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2024/05/espn-deportes-announces-las-amazonas-de-yaxunah-powerful-documentary-about-trailblazing-mayan-womens-softball-team/
MEXICO NEWS DAILY: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/espn-documentary-on-maya-womens-softball-team-premiere-la-latino-film-fest/ May 31, 2024
YUCATAN MAGAZINE: https://yucatanmagazine.com/the-amazonas-of-yaxunah-win-big-after-their-first-international-game-in-arizona/
NPR: Women Maya softballers brush off machismo insults to become Mexican superstars OCTOBER 11, 20233:40 PM ET https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/11/1203974955/these-maya-women-softballers-defy-machismo-from-their-mighty-bats-to-their-bare-

18/09/2024

Still celebrating Mexico's Independence Day with this super video from Gring0 With A Green Bag. Love this! It's so good! Great history lesson with video and photos of the birthplace of Mexico's el Grito Cry of Independence in 1810 sparked by Father Miguel Hildago and Ignacio Allende in the town of San Miguel de Allende. Love the festive ending song too.

17/09/2024

Celebrating Mexico's Dia de la Independencia, September 16. Bravo on 203 years.

16/09/2024

Lila Downs' song in tribute to Mexico's Independence Day, September 16!

06/09/2024

📷 Día de las Mujeres Indígenas: legado y resistencia ☀️

Las mujeres indígenas desempeñan un papel crucial como guardianas de saberes ancestrales, tradiciones y prácticas generacionales.

Conmemoramos el Día Internacional de las Mujeres Indígenas en la 👉 inah.gob.mx/foto-del-dia/

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06/09/2024

🌾 ¡Apoyamos a los pequeños productores de granos básicos como maíz y soya! En Educampo, trabajamos para fomentar el desarrollo integral de las familias rurales, proporcionando acceso a tecnología, financiamiento y mejores prácticas comerciales. 🌱

Nuestro objetivo es impulsar la productividad y asegurar cultivos más rentables y sostenibles. Juntos, podemos hacer la diferencia en el campo. 🤝

Conoce más sobre cómo puedes apoyar esta causa en https://educampo.org/educampo-granos

06/09/2024

From Cultural Survival: "On International Indigenous Women's Day (Sept 5, 2024) and every day, we honor and celebrate Indigenous women and the important roles they fulfill, including bringing forth life, continually caring for our communities, and keeping our lives and languages ​​alive. Indigenous women are also at the forefront of defending our rights and taking up our responsibilities to steward and defend Mother Earth's lands and waters. We are movement builders and system shakers, working towards a transformative, equitable, and just. future for all our relations