The origin of the hat and its history The Panama hat is the famous wide-brimmed hat, made of very light straw, that has become in the modern common imagination a symbol of elegance, success and style, but its history is very ancient. First of all,...
How is the first alebrije born? Strolling among the craft stores displaying plenty of these colorful little animals, someone would be forgiven for thinking that alebrijes have always been part of Mexican culture. Spoiler Alert: it’s not! They are actually the invention of a Mexico City...
MAYA, AZTEC AND INCA: ever heard of Pre-Columbian civilizations?Even for someone like me who has studied archeology, it is not easy to enter the study of ancient American cultures. There are many reasons, certainly the most obvious is the distance, physical and ideological, and the...