Category: Culture

How to Celebrate the Day of the Dead

Mexpro's Itzel Greenheck, originally from Central Mexico, explains the traditions around the Day of the Dead, and describes how she celebrates in the U.S... Read More »

Mexican Independence Day "Grito de Dolores"

Mexican Independence Day is celebrates September 16, 1810, when Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla started the War of Independence by attacking the Spanish... Read More »

Mexican Nostalgia: Chiles en Nogada, a Celebration of Independence

The traditional Mexican dish, Chiles en Nogada, is prepared for Mexican Independence Day celebrations, which honor Mexico's independence from Spain... Read More »

Dancing in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico

Mexico visits are often filled with culture & fun. Itzel Greenheck videoed this parade, celebrating a Catholic Saint, while visiting Cholula, in Puebla, Mexico... Read More »

The Dance of the Pole Flyers, Los Voladores de Papantla

Los Voladores de Papantla is a ceremony dating back 450 years when ancient Mexican tribes tried to please their gods so they would bring rain during a long drought... Read More »

Las Posadas - The 9 days of Christmas Celebrations in Mexico

Mexican posadas are a Christmas tradition dating back 400 years. In Mexico they take place between December 16 and December 24 in Mexico... Read More »

Mexico Celebrates Dia de la Raza on October Twelfth

October twelfth is Dia de la Raza in Mexico. Since 1928 this day has honored the diversity of the many cultures that have intertwined to create the Meztizo people of Mexico... Read More »

Celebrating Autumnal Equinox Chichen Itza

For thousands of years, onlookers have gathered in the center of Mexico's Yucatan region, at Chichen Itza, to celebrate the spring and fall equinoxes... Read More »

Mexico Independence Holiday September Fifteenth

On September 15th, at the National Palace, in Mexico City, at 11 pm, the President of Mexico, will ring a bell and shout out a Mexican cry of patriotism, ¡Viva Mexico, viva la independencia!.. Read More »

Chiles en Nogada and Mexican Independence

Chiles en Nogada is a colorful dish of green, white, and red, that is traditionally served during the month of September, to celebrate the independence of Mexico... Read More »