MEXICO

TEQUILA IS ONE OF MEXICOS MOST EXPORTED PRODUCTS. THEY EVEN HAVE A CITY IN MEXICO NAMED TEQUILA WHERE THE PRODUCT IS PRODUCED. IT IS SAID THAT MORE THAN 300 MILLION BLUE AGAVE PLANTS ARE HARVESTED EACH YEAR TO MAKE TEQUILA IN MEXICO. MOST ARTISAN LIQUOR IS DECORATED WITH HANDCRAFTED SLEEVES FULL OF COLORS.

CATHOLICISM IS VERY PROMINENT IN MEXICO AND DEVOTION TO THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE IS EVEN MORE SO. THE CHURCH WHERE THE ORIGINAL PORTRAIT LIES IS ONE OF THE MOST VISITED SPOTS OF MEXICO’S CAPITAL, MEXICO CITY. THE GOLD AND NEUTRAL TONES ALLOWS FOR A SERIOUS FEEL WHERE PEOPLE ARE FREE TO PRAY AND MEDITATE WITHOUT DISTRACTIONS.

MEXICAN CUISINE IS RICH WITH FLAVORS AND COLORS FROM ALL OVER THE REGIONS. TACOS ARE ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN PLATES AND HAVE EVEN BEEN ADAPTED INTO OTHER COUNTRIES. IN MEXICO IT IS BELIEVED THAT 50 BILLION TACOS GET CONSUMED EVERY YEAR. THE CLASSICAL COLORS OF A DELICIOUS MEXICAN MEAL INCLUDE RED FOR TOMATOES, GREEN FOR CILANTRO, AND NEUTRAL BROWNS FOR THE PROTEIN.

ONE OF THE TWELVE WONDERS OF THE WORLD LIES IN MEXICO. THE MAYAN RUINS NAMED CHICHEN ITZA HOLDS THE MAYAN STEP PYRAMD THAT IS CLOSE TO 1,000 YEARS OLD. THIS SITE IS LIVING PROOF OF THE HISTORY OF THE MAYANS AND THEIR TIES TO MEXICAN CULTURE. THE NEUTRAL TONES LEADS BACK TO THEIR PAST AND THE MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO BUILD.

MEXICAN MUSIC IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS CULTURE. MARIACHIS IS ONE OF THE MOST KNOWN TYPES OF MUSIC/ BANDS AND HAS BEEN ADAPTED INTO OTHER LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES. ALONG WITH THE BAND, THERE ARE USUALLY DANCERS WITH LARGE COLOFUL DRESSES.THESE DANCERS ALSO PERFORM A TRADITIONAL DANCE ALONGSIDE THE MUSICIANS DURING FESTIVALS AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS.

EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS IS CELEBRATED IN MEXICO EVERY YEAR ON NOVEMBER 1ST, AND 2ND. THIS IS A DAY WHERE THE COUNTRY HONORS THOSE WHO ARE NO LONGER LIVING BY PUTTING OUT OFFERINGS, VISITING THEIR GRAVE AND CELEBRATING LIFE ON THEIR BEHALF. THIS DAY IS MARKED BY COLORFUL ROSES, FACES PAINTED IN WHITE, AND A RAINBOW OF TRADITIONAL CLOTHING.