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  • Mexico, Guerrero, Acapulco, April 2010. The country's most glamorous tourist destination fifty years ago, the beautiful bays of Acapulco in Mexico's Guerrero state are lined by hotels both new and old, built right up to the sand and accommodating every budget. Though the city's infrastructure has been decaying for years, the lure of this legendary Pacific-coast destination is palpable, with its commendably clean beaches, a warm, welcoming people, and night-life that never stops.
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  • Mexico, Guerrero, Acapulco, April 2010. The country's most glamorous tourist destination fifty years ago, the beautiful bays of Acapulco in Mexico's Guerrero state are lined by hotels both new and old, built right up to the sand and accommodating every budget. Though the city's infrastructure has been decaying for years, the lure of this legendary Pacific-coast destination is palpable, with its commendably clean beaches, a warm, welcoming people, and night-life that never stops.
    JD Aca_015.jpg
  • Mexico, Guerrero, Acapulco, April 2010. The country's most glamorous tourist destination fifty years ago, the beautiful bays of Acapulco in Mexico's Guerrero state are lined by hotels both new and old, built right up to the sand and accommodating every budget. Though the city's infrastructure has been decaying for years, the lure of this legendary Pacific-coast destination is palpable, with its commendably clean beaches, a warm, welcoming people, and night-life that never stops.
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  • Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, September 15-16, 2010. The 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain was celebrated with a tremendous country-wide effort marked by careful planning and a generous spirit. Mexico City was host to the most spectacular events, assisted by thousands of organizers, officials, artists, soldiers and citizens.
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  • Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, September 15-16, 2010. The 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain was celebrated with a tremendous country-wide effort marked by careful planning and a generous spirit. Mexico City was host to the most spectacular events, assisted by thousands of organizers, officials, artists, soldiers and citizens.
    JD Mex bicent 03.jpg
  • Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, September 15-16, 2010. The 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain was celebrated with a tremendous country-wide effort marked by careful planning and a generous spirit. Mexico City was host to the most spectacular events, assisted by thousands of organizers, officials, artists, soldiers and citizens.
    JD Mex bicent 09.JPG
  • Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, September 15-16, 2010. The 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain was celebrated with a tremendous country-wide effort marked by careful planning and a generous spirit. Mexico City was host to the most spectacular events, assisted by thousands of organizers, officials, artists, soldiers and citizens.
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  • Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, September 15-16, 2010. The 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain was celebrated with a tremendous country-wide effort marked by careful planning and a generous spirit. Mexico City was host to the most spectacular events, assisted by thousands of organizers, officials, artists, soldiers and citizens.
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  • Mexico, Oaxaca, Oaxaca de Juarez, April 17, 2011. On the Sunday before Easter, Mexico's most important holiday, two very different congregations marked the beginning of Semana Santa and the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem with prayer and processions. The Templo de la Compania de Jesus welcomed Archbishop Jose Luis Chavez Botello for the "Blessing of the Palms" in central Oaxaca, while the small community of Santa Cruz de Xoxocotlan carried Jesus through rainy streets strewn with flowers.
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  • Mexico, Oaxaca, Oaxaca de Juarez, April 17, 2011. On the Sunday before Easter, Mexico's most important holiday, two very different congregations marked the beginning of Semana Santa and the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem with prayer and processions. The Templo de la Compania de Jesus welcomed Archbishop Jose Luis Chavez Botello for the "Blessing of the Palms" in central Oaxaca, while the small community of Santa Cruz de Xoxocotlan carried Jesus through rainy streets strewn with flowers.
    JD Oax palm_24.jpg
  • Mexico, Oaxaca, Oaxaca de Juarez, April 17, 2011. On the Sunday before Easter, Mexico's most important holiday, two very different congregations marked the beginning of Semana Santa and the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem with prayer and processions. The Templo de la Compania de Jesus welcomed Archbishop Jose Luis Chavez Botello for the "Blessing of the Palms" in central Oaxaca, while the small community of Santa Cruz de Xoxocotlan carried Jesus through rainy streets strewn with flowers.
    JD Oax palm_30.jpg
  • Mexico, Oaxaca, Teotitlan del Valle, April 18, 2011. On a moody Monday in southern Mexico, the Zapotec townspeople of Oaxaca's Teotitlan del Valle reenact all fourteen Stations of the Cross through this mountain community's winding cobblestone streets. From the first station, where Jesus is condemned to die, to the last, where he is laid in his tomb, somber processions accompanied by flowers, singers and a brass band stop at each refuge, adorned with "tapetes" created by master carpet weavers and blessed with food and drink for all.
    JD Teotitlan_Via_0001.jpg
  • Mexico, Oaxaca, Teotitlan del Valle, April 18, 2011. On a moody Monday in southern Mexico, the Zapotec townspeople of Oaxaca's Teotitlan del Valle reenact all fourteen Stations of the Cross through this mountain community's winding cobblestone streets. From the first station, where Jesus is condemned to die, to the last, where he is laid in his tomb, somber processions accompanied by flowers, singers and a brass band stop at each refuge, adorned with "tapetes" created by master carpet weavers and blessed with food and drink for all.
    JD Teotitlan_Via_0012.jpg
  • Mexico, Oaxaca, Teotitlan del Valle, April 18, 2011. On a moody Monday in southern Mexico, the Zapotec townspeople of Oaxaca's Teotitlan del Valle reenact all fourteen Stations of the Cross through this mountain community's winding cobblestone streets. From the first station, where Jesus is condemned to die, to the last, where he is laid in his tomb, somber processions accompanied by flowers, singers and a brass band stop at each refuge, adorned with "tapetes" created by master carpet weavers and blessed with food and drink for all.
    JD Teotitlan_Via_0013.jpg
  • Mexico, Oaxaca, Teotitlan del Valle, April 18, 2011. On a moody Monday in southern Mexico, the Zapotec townspeople of Oaxaca's Teotitlan del Valle reenact all fourteen Stations of the Cross through this mountain community's winding cobblestone streets. From the first station, where Jesus is condemned to die, to the last, where he is laid in his tomb, somber processions accompanied by flowers, singers and a brass band stop at each refuge, adorned with "tapetes" created by master carpet weavers and blessed with food and drink for all.
    JD Teotitlan_Via_0015.jpg
  • Mexico, Oaxaca, Teotitlan del Valle, April 18, 2011. On a moody Monday in southern Mexico, the Zapotec townspeople of Oaxaca's Teotitlan del Valle reenact all fourteen Stations of the Cross through this mountain community's winding cobblestone streets. From the first station, where Jesus is condemned to die, to the last, where he is laid in his tomb, somber processions accompanied by flowers, singers and a brass band stop at each refuge, adorned with "tapetes" created by master carpet weavers and blessed with food and drink for all.
    JD Teotitlan_Via_0036.jpg
  • Mexico, Oaxaca, Teotitlan del Valle, April 18, 2011. On a moody Monday in southern Mexico, the Zapotec townspeople of Oaxaca's Teotitlan del Valle reenact all fourteen Stations of the Cross through this mountain community's winding cobblestone streets. From the first station, where Jesus is condemned to die, to the last, where he is laid in his tomb, somber processions accompanied by flowers, singers and a brass band stop at each refuge, adorned with "tapetes" created by master carpet weavers and blessed with food and drink for all.
    JD Teotitlan_Via_0039.jpg
  • Mexico, Chihuahua, July 5-20, 2010. Undaunted by blistering desert temperatures, the 15th annnual "Cabalgata Villista," an epic horse trek from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua to Hacienda Canutillo in Durango met with enthusiastic crowds on its route southward through Satevo and Valle de Zaragoza. Armed with fresh horses and a patriotic spirit, new "jinetes" (riders) join the cavalcade from small towns along the way, which welcome the participants of this long dusty journey. Started in 1996 by José Socorro Salcido Gómez, the "cabalgata" in memory of Mexican revolutionary general Pancho Villa has a particular poignancy this bicentennial year. Photographs commissioned by the Chihuahua Department of Tourism.
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  • Mexico, Chihuahua, July 5-20, 2010. Undaunted by blistering desert temperatures, the 15th annnual "Cabalgata Villista," an epic horse trek from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua to Hacienda Canutillo in Durango met with enthusiastic crowds on its route southward through Satevo and Valle de Zaragoza. Armed with fresh horses and a patriotic spirit, new "jinetes" (riders) join the cavalcade from small towns along the way, which welcome the participants of this long dusty journey. Started in 1996 by José Socorro Salcido Gómez, the "cabalgata" in memory of Mexican revolutionary general Pancho Villa has a particular poignancy this bicentennial year. Photographs commissioned by the Chihuahua Department of Tourism.
    JDunn cabal_008.jpg
  • Mexico, Chihuahua, July 5-20, 2010. Undaunted by blistering desert temperatures, the 15th annnual "Cabalgata Villista," an epic horse trek from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua to Hacienda Canutillo in Durango met with enthusiastic crowds on its route southward through Satevo and Valle de Zaragoza. Armed with fresh horses and a patriotic spirit, new "jinetes" (riders) join the cavalcade from small towns along the way, which welcome the participants of this long dusty journey. Started in 1996 by José Socorro Salcido Gómez, the "cabalgata" in memory of Mexican revolutionary general Pancho Villa has a particular poignancy this bicentennial year. Photographs commissioned by the Chihuahua Department of Tourism.
    JDunn cabal_020.jpg
  • Mexico, Chihuahua, July 5-20, 2010. Undaunted by blistering desert temperatures, the 15th annnual "Cabalgata Villista," an epic horse trek from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua to Hacienda Canutillo in Durango met with enthusiastic crowds on its route southward through Satevo and Valle de Zaragoza. Armed with fresh horses and a patriotic spirit, new "jinetes" (riders) join the cavalcade from small towns along the way, which welcome the participants of this long dusty journey. Started in 1996 by José Socorro Salcido Gómez, the "cabalgata" in memory of Mexican revolutionary general Pancho Villa has a particular poignancy this bicentennial year. Photographs commissioned by the Chihuahua Department of Tourism.
    JDunn cabal_025.jpg
  • Mexico, Chihuahua, July 5-20, 2010. Undaunted by blistering desert temperatures, the 15th annnual "Cabalgata Villista," an epic horse trek from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua to Hacienda Canutillo in Durango met with enthusiastic crowds on its route southward through Satevo and Valle de Zaragoza. Armed with fresh horses and a patriotic spirit, new "jinetes" (riders) join the cavalcade from small towns along the way, which welcome the participants of this long dusty journey. Started in 1996 by José Socorro Salcido Gómez, the "cabalgata" in memory of Mexican revolutionary general Pancho Villa has a particular poignancy this bicentennial year. Photographs commissioned by the Chihuahua Department of Tourism.
    JDunn cabal_027.jpg
  • Mexico, Chihuahua, July 5-20, 2010. Undaunted by blistering desert temperatures, the 15th annnual "Cabalgata Villista," an epic horse trek from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua to Hacienda Canutillo in Durango met with enthusiastic crowds on its route southward through Satevo and Valle de Zaragoza. Armed with fresh horses and a patriotic spirit, new "jinetes" (riders) join the cavalcade from small towns along the way, which welcome the participants of this long dusty journey. Started in 1996 by José Socorro Salcido Gómez, the "cabalgata" in memory of Mexican revolutionary general Pancho Villa has a particular poignancy this bicentennial year. Photographs commissioned by the Chihuahua Department of Tourism.
    JDunn cabal_043.jpg
  • Mexico, Chihuahua, Guachochi, July 17, 2010. A truly remarkable 100 kilometer "ultra-marathon" is held each year in Chihuahua's rugged Tarahumara country. Drawing hundreds of participants from all over the world to the scenic town of Guachochi, the course for this grueling endurance race takes runners in and then up out of the 1,830 meter deep "Barranca Sinforosa," part of Mexico's famous Copper Canyon area. Photographs commissioned by the Chihuahua Department of Tourism.
    JDunn guachochi_025.jpg
  • Mexico, Yucatan, Izamal, October 18, 2010. Home to both Mayan ruins and Christian churches, Izamal, Yucatan is one of Mexico's designated "magical towns," and is home to the remarkable "Feria del Cristo Negro," celebrating the Black Christ with a legendary past. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
    JDunn izamal_011.jpg
  • Mexico, Yucatan, Izamal, October 18, 2010. Home to both Mayan ruins and Christian churches, Izamal, Yucatan is one of Mexico's designated "magical towns," and is home to the remarkable "Feria del Cristo Negro," celebrating the Black Christ with a legendary past. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
    JDunn izamal_017.jpg
  • Mexico, Yucatan, Izamal, October 18, 2010. Home to both Mayan ruins and Christian churches, Izamal, Yucatan is one of Mexico's designated "magical towns," and is home to the remarkable "Feria del Cristo Negro," celebrating the Black Christ with a legendary past. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
    JDunn izamal_025.jpg
  • Mexico, Jalisco, Guadalajara, May 20-23, 2011. From museums to mariachi, three days based in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, allows a taste of Jalisco's many cultural offerings. Day trips from the city center include tequila distillery tours, relaxing in the shade of centuries-old haciendas, and the cool water of Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest, with its indigenous towns, craft fairs and quiet lakeside communities.
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  • Mexico, Jalisco, Guadalajara, May 20-23, 2011. From museums to mariachi, three days based in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, allows a taste of Jalisco's many cultural offerings. Day trips from the city center include tequila distillery tours, relaxing in the shade of centuries-old haciendas, and the cool water of Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest, with its indigenous towns, craft fairs and quiet lakeside communities.
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  • Mexico, Jalisco, Guadalajara, May 20-23, 2011. From museums to mariachi, three days based in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, allows a taste of Jalisco's many cultural offerings. Day trips from the city center include tequila distillery tours, relaxing in the shade of centuries-old haciendas, and the cool water of Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest, with its indigenous towns, craft fairs and quiet lakeside communities.
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  • Mexico, Jalisco, Guadalajara, May 20-23, 2011. From museums to mariachi, three days based in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, allows a taste of Jalisco's many cultural offerings. Day trips from the city center include tequila distillery tours, relaxing in the shade of centuries-old haciendas, and the cool water of Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest, with its indigenous towns, craft fairs and quiet lakeside communities.
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  • Mexico, Jalisco, Guadalajara, May 20-23, 2011. From museums to mariachi, three days based in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, allows a taste of Jalisco's many cultural offerings. Day trips from the city center include tequila distillery tours, relaxing in the shade of centuries-old haciendas, and the cool water of Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest, with its indigenous towns, craft fairs and quiet lakeside communities.
    JDunn jalisco_043.jpg
  • Mexico, Yucatan, Mayapan, October 17, 2010. Mayan high priest Ildelfonso Ake Cocom conducts a "saka" purification ceremony on the grounds of Mayapan, a ruined Yucatecan capital city dating from the period between 1220 and 1240 AD. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
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  • Mexico, Yucatan, Mayapan, October 17, 2010. Mayan high priest Ildelfonso Ake Cocom conducts a "saka" purification ceremony on the grounds of Mayapan, a ruined Yucatecan capital city dating from the period between 1220 and 1240 AD. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
    JDunn mayapan_037.jpg
  • Mexico, Michoacan, Morelia. In the capital's working-class neighborhood of Mariano Escobedo, a group of neighbors builds a shrine to the Virgin of Guadalupe right on the street. To Mexico's many faithful, she is a powerful symbol of hope.
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  • Mexico, Oaxaca, Teotitlan del Valle, April 21-22, 2011. True faith suffuses every aspect of Teotitlan del Valle's painstaking recreation of the last hours of Jesus, from Thursday's afternoon's Last Supper through to a night vigil at a jail cell after his arrest. Village elders play the parts of the twelve apostles, and the town's devout fill the church for mass and communion, for the ritual washing of the disciple's feet, and for multiple gatherings which mark the hours. Good Friday dawns with music, scripture, and a solemn procession of Christ, the Virgin Mary and the town's own radiant“Virgen Dolorosa” through the streets.
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  • Mexico, Oaxaca, Teotitlan del Valle, April 21-22, 2011. True faith suffuses every aspect of Teotitlan del Valle's painstaking recreation of the last hours of Jesus, from Thursday's afternoon's Last Supper through to a night vigil at a jail cell after his arrest. Village elders play the parts of the twelve apostles, and the town's devout fill the church for mass and communion, for the ritual washing of the disciple's feet, and for multiple gatherings which mark the hours. Good Friday dawns with music, scripture, and a solemn procession of Christ, the Virgin Mary and the town's own radiant“Virgen Dolorosa” through the streets.
    JDunn OAX faith_003.jpg
  • Mexico, Oaxaca, Teotitlan del Valle, April 21-22, 2011. True faith suffuses every aspect of Teotitlan del Valle's painstaking recreation of the last hours of Jesus, from Thursday's afternoon's Last Supper through to a night vigil at a jail cell after his arrest. Village elders play the parts of the twelve apostles, and the town's devout fill the church for mass and communion, for the ritual washing of the disciple's feet, and for multiple gatherings which mark the hours. Good Friday dawns with music, scripture, and a solemn procession of Christ, the Virgin Mary and the town's own radiant“Virgen Dolorosa” through the streets.
    JDunn OAX faith_004.jpg
  • Mexico, Oaxaca, Teotitlan del Valle, April 21-22, 2011. True faith suffuses every aspect of Teotitlan del Valle's painstaking recreation of the last hours of Jesus, from Thursday's afternoon's Last Supper through to a night vigil at a jail cell after his arrest. Village elders play the parts of the twelve apostles, and the town's devout fill the church for mass and communion, for the ritual washing of the disciple's feet, and for multiple gatherings which mark the hours. Good Friday dawns with music, scripture, and a solemn procession of Christ, the Virgin Mary and the town's own radiant“Virgen Dolorosa” through the streets.
    JDunn OAX faith_005.jpg
  • Mexico, Oaxaca, Teotitlan del Valle, April 21-22, 2011. True faith suffuses every aspect of Teotitlan del Valle's painstaking recreation of the last hours of Jesus, from Thursday's afternoon's Last Supper through to a night vigil at a jail cell after his arrest. Village elders play the parts of the twelve apostles, and the town's devout fill the church for mass and communion, for the ritual washing of the disciple's feet, and for multiple gatherings which mark the hours. Good Friday dawns with music, scripture, and a solemn procession of Christ, the Virgin Mary and the town's own radiant“Virgen Dolorosa” through the streets.
    JDunn OAX faith_006.jpg
  • Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, Azcapotzalco, December 16, 2011. “Posada” means “inn” in Spanish, and on each of the nine days before Christmas, groups of devout Catholic parishioners like these will reenact Mary and Joseph's search for shelter during their Biblical journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
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  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Nov 1- Nov 4, 2009. Making the souls of the dead feel welcome as they return for a yearly visit, Mexicans in this tropical state offer not only elaborate feasts and flower-filled altars, but dancing as well. Masked bands of performers called “cuadrillos” rehearse for months their choreography, rich with symbolic roles for men, women, devils, and death itself, then over the course of two nights regale both graveyards and city streets with whoops of laughter, raise-the-roof dancing and music until dawn. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
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  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Nov 1- Nov 4, 2009. Making the souls of the dead feel welcome as they return for a yearly visit, Mexicans in this tropical state offer not only elaborate feasts and flower-filled altars, but dancing as well. Masked bands of performers called “cuadrillos” rehearse for months their choreography, rich with symbolic roles for men, women, devils, and death itself, then over the course of two nights regale both graveyards and city streets with whoops of laughter, raise-the-roof dancing and music until dawn. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn Santos_015.jpg
  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Nov 1- Nov 4, 2009. Making the souls of the dead feel welcome as they return for a yearly visit, Mexicans in this tropical state offer not only elaborate feasts and flower-filled altars, but dancing as well. Masked bands of performers called “cuadrillos” rehearse for months their choreography, rich with symbolic roles for men, women, devils, and death itself, then over the course of two nights regale both graveyards and city streets with whoops of laughter, raise-the-roof dancing and music until dawn. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn Santos_035.jpg
  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Nov 1- Nov 4, 2009. Making the souls of the dead feel welcome as they return for a yearly visit, Mexicans in this tropical state offer not only elaborate feasts and flower-filled altars, but dancing as well. Masked bands of performers called “cuadrillos” rehearse for months their choreography, rich with symbolic roles for men, women, devils, and death itself, then over the course of two nights regale both graveyards and city streets with whoops of laughter, raise-the-roof dancing and music until dawn. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn Santos_039.jpg
  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Nov 1- Nov 4, 2009. Making the souls of the dead feel welcome as they return for a yearly visit, Mexicans in this tropical state offer not only elaborate feasts and flower-filled altars, but dancing as well. Masked bands of performers called “cuadrillos” rehearse for months their choreography, rich with symbolic roles for men, women, devils, and death itself, then over the course of two nights regale both graveyards and city streets with whoops of laughter, raise-the-roof dancing and music until dawn. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn Santos_045.jpg
  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Nov 1- Nov 4, 2009. Making the souls of the dead feel welcome as they return for a yearly visit, Mexicans in this tropical state offer not only elaborate feasts and flower-filled altars, but dancing as well. Masked bands of performers called “cuadrillos” rehearse for months their choreography, rich with symbolic roles for men, women, devils, and death itself, then over the course of two nights regale both graveyards and city streets with whoops of laughter, raise-the-roof dancing and music until dawn. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn Santos_050.jpg
  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Nov 1- Nov 4, 2009. Making the souls of the dead feel welcome as they return for a yearly visit, Mexicans in this tropical state offer not only elaborate feasts and flower-filled altars, but dancing as well. Masked bands of performers called “cuadrillos” rehearse for months their choreography, rich with symbolic roles for men, women, devils, and death itself, then over the course of two nights regale both graveyards and city streets with whoops of laughter, raise-the-roof dancing and music until dawn. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn Santos_054.jpg
  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Nov 1- Nov 4, 2009. Making the souls of the dead feel welcome as they return for a yearly visit, Mexicans in this tropical state offer not only elaborate feasts and flower-filled altars, but dancing as well. Masked bands of performers called “cuadrillos” rehearse for months their choreography, rich with symbolic roles for men, women, devils, and death itself, then over the course of two nights regale both graveyards and city streets with whoops of laughter, raise-the-roof dancing and music until dawn. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
    JDunn Santos_064.jpg
  • Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, October 16-23, 2010. Nothing says "bienvenido" more than a smile, and in these people of Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo they seem, much like the clear blue waters of the "cenotes," to run through and underlie every aspect of life.
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  • Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, October 16-23, 2010. Nothing says "bienvenido" more than a smile, and in these people of Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo they seem, much like the clear blue waters of the "cenotes," to run through and underlie every aspect of life.
    JDunn sonrisas_083.jpg
  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tajin, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. The famed "voladores," or flyers, of Papantla perform an ancient Totonac Indian ritual near the archaeological site of Tajin. Thought to be a prayer for rain, this evocative ceremony calls to the gods with music, movement, and colorful bird-like plumage.
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  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tajin, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. The famed "voladores," or flyers, of Papantla perform an ancient Totonac Indian ritual near the archaeological site of Tajin. Thought to be a prayer for rain, this evocative ceremony calls to the gods with music, movement, and colorful bird-like plumage.
    JDunn Vera_018.jpg
  • Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, December 11-12, 2011. In one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, millions of faithful come from all over Mexico to the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe in celebration of the country's patron saint. For many, Guadalupe represents both the Christian Virgin Mary and the Aztec earth mother Tonantzin: to the "peregrinos," as they are known, Juan Diego's vision in 1531 of a young woman on a Tepeyac hill was the start of an enduring legend which inspires to this day.
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  • Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, December 11-12, 2011. In one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, millions of faithful come from all over Mexico to the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe in celebration of the country's patron saint. For many, Guadalupe represents both the Christian Virgin Mary and the Aztec earth mother Tonantzin: to the "peregrinos," as they are known, Juan Diego's vision in 1531 of a young woman on a Tepeyac hill was the start of an enduring legend which inspires to this day.
    JDunn Virgen_015.JPG
  • Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, December 11-12, 2011. In one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, millions of faithful come from all over Mexico to the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe in celebration of the country's patron saint. For many, Guadalupe represents both the Christian Virgin Mary and the Aztec earth mother Tonantzin: to the "peregrinos," as they are known, Juan Diego's vision in 1531 of a young woman on a Tepeyac hill was the start of an enduring legend which inspires to this day.
    JDunn Virgen_019.JPG
  • Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, December 11-12, 2011. In one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, millions of faithful come from all over Mexico to the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe in celebration of the country's patron saint. For many, Guadalupe represents both the Christian Virgin Mary and the Aztec earth mother Tonantzin: to the "peregrinos," as they are known, Juan Diego's vision in 1531 of a young woman on a Tepeyac hill was the start of an enduring legend which inspires to this day.
    JDunn Virgen_036.JPG
  • Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, December 11-12, 2011. In one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, millions of faithful come from all over Mexico to the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe in celebration of the country's patron saint. For many, Guadalupe represents both the Christian Virgin Mary and the Aztec earth mother Tonantzin: to the "peregrinos," as they are known, Juan Diego's vision in 1531 of a young woman on a Tepeyac hill was the start of an enduring legend which inspires to this day.
    JDunn Virgen_045.JPG
  • Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, December 11-12, 2011. In one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, millions of faithful come from all over Mexico to the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe in celebration of the country's patron saint. For many, Guadalupe represents both the Christian Virgin Mary and the Aztec earth mother Tonantzin: to the "peregrinos," as they are known, Juan Diego's vision in 1531 of a young woman on a Tepeyac hill was the start of an enduring legend which inspires to this day.
    JDunn Virgen_050.JPG
  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. Mask shopping in Tantoyuca's “Plaza Constitucion.” “Xantolo,” the Nahuatl word for “Santos,” or holy, marks a week-long period during which the whole Huasteca region of northern Veracruz state prepares for “Dia de los Muertos,” the Day of the Dead. For children on the nights of October 31st and adults on November 1st, there is costumed dancing in the streets, and a carnival atmosphere, while Mexican families also honor the yearly return of the souls of their relatives at home and in the graveyards, with flower-bedecked altars and the foods their loved ones preferred in life. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
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  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009.  125. A dancer, a policeman and a mother and child in Tantoyuca's “Plaza Constitucion.” “Xantolo,” the Nahuatl word for “Santos,” or holy, marks a week-long period during which the whole Huasteca region of northern Veracruz state prepares for “Dia de los Muertos,” the Day of the Dead. For children on the nights of October 31st and adults on November 1st, there is costumed dancing in the streets, and a carnival atmosphere, while Mexican families also honor the yearly return of the souls of their relatives at home and in the graveyards, with flower-bedecked altars and the foods their loved ones preferred in life. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
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  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. A “diablito” in red waits to practice in Tantoyuca's “Plaza Constitucion.” “Xantolo,” the Nahuatl word for “Santos,” or holy, marks a week-long period during which the whole Huasteca region of northern Veracruz state prepares for “Dia de los Muertos,” the Day of the Dead. For children on the nights of October 31st and adults on November 1st, there is costumed dancing in the streets, and a carnival atmosphere, while Mexican families also honor the yearly return of the souls of their relatives at home and in the graveyards, with flower-bedecked altars and the foods their loved ones preferred in life. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
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  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. Flowers twisted into an offering in Tantoyuca's main cemetery. “Xantolo,” the Nahuatl word for “Santos,” or holy, marks a week-long period during which the whole Huasteca region of northern Veracruz state prepares for “Dia de los Muertos,” the Day of the Dead. For children on the nights of October 31st and adults on November 1st, there is costumed dancing in the streets, and a carnival atmosphere, while Mexican families also honor the yearly return of the souls of their relatives at home and in the graveyards, with flower-bedecked altars and the foods their loved ones preferred in life. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
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  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. Costumed “xantolo” dancers perform at the Preparatorio Benito Juarez in Tantoyuca. “Xantolo,” the Nahuatl word for “Santos,” or holy, marks a week-long period during which the whole Huasteca region of northern Veracruz state prepares for “Dia de los Muertos,” the Day of the Dead. For children on the nights of October 31st and adults on November 1st, there is costumed dancing in the streets, and a carnival atmosphere, while Mexican families also honor the yearly return of the souls of their relatives at home and in the graveyards, with flower-bedecked altars and the foods their loved ones preferred in life. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
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  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. Dancers prepare to perform at the Preparatorio Benito Juarez in Tantoyuca. “Xantolo,” the Nahuatl word for “Santos,” or holy, marks a week-long period during which the whole Huasteca region of northern Veracruz state prepares for “Dia de los Muertos,” the Day of the Dead. For children on the nights of October 31st and adults on November 1st, there is costumed dancing in the streets, and a carnival atmosphere, while Mexican families also honor the yearly return of the souls of their relatives at home and in the graveyards, with flower-bedecked altars and the foods their loved ones preferred in life. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
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  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. Costumed “xantolo” dancers perform at the Preparatorio Benito Juarez in Tantoyuca. “Xantolo,” the Nahuatl word for “Santos,” or holy, marks a week-long period during which the whole Huasteca region of northern Veracruz state prepares for “Dia de los Muertos,” the Day of the Dead. For children on the nights of October 31st and adults on November 1st, there is costumed dancing in the streets, and a carnival atmosphere, while Mexican families also honor the yearly return of the souls of their relatives at home and in the graveyards, with flower-bedecked altars and the foods their loved ones preferred in life. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
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  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. "Cempasuchil" in a Chicontepec doorway. “Xantolo,” the Nahuatl word for “Santos,” or holy, marks a week-long period during which the whole Huasteca region of northern Veracruz state prepares for “Dia de los Muertos,” the Day of the Dead. For children on the nights of October 31st and adults on November 1st, there is costumed dancing in the streets, and a carnival atmosphere, while Mexican families also honor the yearly return of the souls of their relatives at home and in the graveyards, with flower-bedecked altars and the foods their loved ones preferred in life. Photographs for HOY by Jay Dunn.
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  • Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, October, 2010. Mexico's Yucatan peninsula holds treasures both above and below its verdant surface, with Mayan ruins, Christian churches, azure "cenotes" deep in limestone caverns, and pristine stretches of beach for spectacular coastal properties. Home to traditions both indigenous and colonial, this area of southern Mexico encompasses the states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Tabasco. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
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  • Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, October, 2010. Mexico's Yucatan peninsula holds treasures both above and below its verdant surface, with Mayan ruins, Christian churches, azure "cenotes" deep in limestone caverns, and pristine stretches of beach for spectacular coastal properties. Home to traditions both indigenous and colonial, this area of southern Mexico encompasses the states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Tabasco. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
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  • Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, October, 2010. Mexico's Yucatan peninsula holds treasures both above and below its verdant surface, with Mayan ruins, Christian churches, azure "cenotes" deep in limestone caverns, and pristine stretches of beach for spectacular coastal properties. Home to traditions both indigenous and colonial, this area of southern Mexico encompasses the states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Tabasco. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
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  • Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, October, 2010. Mexico's Yucatan peninsula holds treasures both above and below its verdant surface, with Mayan ruins, Christian churches, azure "cenotes" deep in limestone caverns, and pristine stretches of beach for spectacular coastal properties. Home to traditions both indigenous and colonial, this area of southern Mexico encompasses the states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Tabasco. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
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  • Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, October, 2010. Mexico's Yucatan peninsula holds treasures both above and below its verdant surface, with Mayan ruins, Christian churches, azure "cenotes" deep in limestone caverns, and pristine stretches of beach for spectacular coastal properties. Home to traditions both indigenous and colonial, this area of southern Mexico encompasses the states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Tabasco. Photographs commissioned by SECTUR.
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