MEXICO

Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl

With thanks to all the Mexican photographers and friends for their contributions

Day of the Dead in Mexico City

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Skulls honouring famous dead and a decorated ecotaxi in the Zócalo

 

 

In the Bazar del Sábado – Saturday Market

 

 

Dancing for the Day of the Dead in San Angel

 

 

 

Altars with offering for the dead and students dressed for the celebration

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Different representations of La Catrina and her underworld

 

Monarch Butterflies – Angangueo and Tlalpujahua

 

 

The National Park of the Monarch Butterfly – Angangueo and Tlalpujahua

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Clusters of Monarch Butterflies – photos M.E Rosas 

 

 

The world of the Monarch Butterfly

Oaxaca

 

Life in and around the Zócalo

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Market in and around the Zócalo

 

The preparation of a tlayuda in the Zócalo

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Former Convent of Santo Domingo, today Regional Museum of Oaxaca

 

Main altar of the Monastery of Santo Domingo

 

Botanical Garden – mostly cacti from the region

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Selected exhibits of the Regional Museum

 

Making chocolate, one of the best in the world

 

Wares in the Central Market

 

San Cristóbal de las Casas y San Juan Chamula

 

Life around the Zócalo

 

Some of the textiles and embroidery shown in the Museum of Textiles

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Museum of the Textiles of Sna Jolobil in San Cristóbal

 

 

Open air market near Sna Jolobil

 

 

The church of San Juan Chamula

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San Juan Chamula square

 

In San Juan Chamula

 

Portrait

 

 

 

 

Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPECIAL EFFECTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TARAHUMARA VILLAGE AND SCHOOL CHILDREN

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the classroom