Category Archives: Ceremonial sites

The Maya People and the prophecies

Posted on December 21st / 2012 by vozmex

by: Carlos Quintana Everybody has something to say about today, so it was my intention to write another version about December 21st, the calendar, winter solstice, its prophecies and doomsday. I guess I am not up to it today too … Continue reading →

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The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Posted on December 16th / 2012 by vozmex

From: The Community of the Franciscans of the Renewal (based on the original account) December 9th, 1531, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Juan Diego, a recent convert to the Catholic faith, was walking to attend the early morning Mass … Continue reading →

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Day of the Dead

Posted on November 2nd / 2012 by vozmex

by La Voz de Mexico It sounds ominous to those of us from European backgrounds. Naturally we think of Halloween, the ancient Celtic festival which has come to represent the return of ghosts and goblins and a night of evil … Continue reading →

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Conchero’s sanctuaries and pilgrimages

Posted on January 22nd / 2012 by vozmex

Yolotl González Torres INAH, Mexico Pilgrimages in Mexico are very common ritual practices which generally take place in Catholic sanctuaries with a strong pre-Hispanic syncretism as we shall explain later. According to written texts by the chroniclers there were many … Continue reading →

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