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- A tourist takes a photo backdropped by the "Alegoria de la Virgen de Guadalupe" mural, in the main entrance of the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. The mural was created by Mexican artist Fermin Revueltas between 1922 and 1923, when the walls of San Ildefonso became the canvases where the muralist movement came to life. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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How Mexico City's mural movement transformed walls into art
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ - Associated Press
Sat,05/06/23-7:45AM , 1,021 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Across the main entrance of a former Jesuit college in the heart of Mexico City, a bright-colored mural depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe represents both the Indigenous religiosity and the Christianity that shaped the culture of post-colonial Mexico.
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- Residents gather to watch the burning of a cardboard figure representing Judas at the Santa María La Ribera Cultural Center, in Mexico City, Saturday, April 8, 2023. Every Holy Saturday Mexicans prepare for the traditional "Burning of Judas". During this activity on the sidelines of the Catholic Church's Holy Week celebrations, people gather in neighborhoods across the country to burn cardboard figures of Judas representing the embodiment of evil. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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Mexican artisans create 'Judas' figures for others to burn
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ - Associated Press
Fri,04/07/23-11:03PM , 509 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — After two months of hard work assembling and painting devil-like cardboard figures popularly known as “Judas,” Mexican artisan Marcela Villarreal is eager to watch her creations burn.
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- A monolith depicting Coyolxauhqui is exhibited at the Museum of Templo Mayor, marking the 45th anniversary of the circular stone’s discovery, in Mexico City, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. “Coyolxauhqui: The star, the goddess, the discovery” exhibition displays more than 150 archaeological objects focused on the mythology, symbolism and scientific research around the Mexica lunar goddess. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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New exhibit explores significance of Mexica's lunar goddess
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Thu,04/06/23-7:35AM , 726 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A new exhibit hosted by Museum of Templo Mayor in Mexico City marks the 45th anniversary of the discovery of a monolith depicting Coyolxauhqui, the Mexica lunar goddess. The finding was a milestone for Mexican archaeology, as it shed light on Mexica civilization before the Spanish conquest.
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Activists' network in Mexico helps U.S. women get abortions
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ - Associated Press
Sun,04/02/23-7:30AM , 454 Reads
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (AP) — Marcela Castro’s office in Chihuahua is more than 100 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, yet the distance doesn’t prevent her from assisting women in the United States in circumventing recently imposed bans on abortion.
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