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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_018.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_011.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_010.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_008.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_007.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_006.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_004.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_027.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_026.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_025.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_023.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_021.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_019.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_017.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_016.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_015.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_014.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_009.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_003.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_002.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Japan, Kyoto, 1999. Sensuous roof-lines are graced by autumn color at Kyoto's magnificent Ninna-ji Shinto shrine.
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  • Pakistan, Karachi, 2004. Led by a mullah, men and women pray together at Abdullah Shah Ghazi Shrine, an unusual practice at this beautiful Sufi shrine overlooking the Arabian Sea.
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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, 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.
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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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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.
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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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  • South Korea, Seoul, 2001. A line of police twenty-deep forces a protest to take a new route. Marchers routinely show their unity, and police respond in strength.
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  • Laos, Vientiane, 2003. Lifeline for all, the Mekong River traverses Laos, enabling trade, communication and transport for thousands who depend on it.
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  • Japan, Kanazawa, 1999. Old and young alike celebrate Hyakumangoku, marking one million "goku" of rice produced in the northern Honshu area.
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  • Laos, Luang Nam Tha, 2003. Afternoon light in Luang Prabang reveals a sublime golden goddess rising skyward like a lotus.
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  • India, Karnataka, Gokarna, 2006. A Keralan Hindu priest carries the symbolic birth fire backwards for over five miles to initiate the evening's prayers.
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  • China, Anye Machen, 2007. These hardy souls tend yak at 15,000 feet near Anye Machen, a mountain sacred to Buddhists. Subsisting almost entirely on their animals, they are self-sufficient in a forbidding place..
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Thanlyin, 2003. These rock breakers paused for only a moment during their punishingly difficult work. It is common to find women  and young men like these on road crews.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake. 2003. An afternoon football match between monks, some sharing shoes or not wearing them at all.
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  • Sri Lanka, Kurunegala, 2006. Family members bear their mother's coffin down a spirit path marked with white cloth. Firecerackers were thrown to scare ghosts before the burial.
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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, 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, 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. 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.  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. 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, 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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  • 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, 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.
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  • 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, 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, 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.
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  • 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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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.
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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, 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, 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, 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.
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  • Pakistan, Northwest Frontier Province, Chitral, 2004. A waking dream, or only an expression. In a young Chitrali girl's eyes, past and future side by side.
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  • Laos, Luang Nam Tha, 2003. Though this tiny Buddhist temple, or "wat," is far from town, it is home to two young brothers, who maintain it with care.
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  • Laos, Luang Nam Tha, 2003. A backward glance, an afternoon forever recalled, of sunshine and quiet in rural Laos.
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  • Sri Lanka, Dalhousie, 2006. At twilight, the pilgrim trail to the 2,243 meter summit of Sri Pada, or the "sacred footprint," is clearly visible from Dalhousie.
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  • India, Karnataka, Gokarna, 2006. This Hindu ritual honoring Ganesh, the elephant-headed god of good fortune, lasts for 24 hours.
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  • Sri Lanka, Kandy, 2006. A lesson in lamp lighting at Sri Dada Maligawa, the Temple of the Tooth. Spiritual center for the Sinhalese, Kandy was the last Sri Lankan city to fall to European colonizers.
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