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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_004.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.
    JDunn jalisco_021.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_008.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 01.JPG
  • India, Karnataka, Gokarna, 2006. A Keralan Hindu priest carries the symbolic birth fire backwards for over five miles to initiate the evening's prayers.
    JDUNN-folio-30.jpg
  • 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.
    JDunn yucatan_069.jpg
  • 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.
    JDunn yucatan_060.jpg
  • 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.
    JDunn yucatan_030.jpg
  • 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.
    JDunn xantolo_045.JPG
  • 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.
    JDunn xantolo_016.JPG
  • JDunn xantolo_013.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, 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_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_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_008.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, 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.
    JDunn Mich_017.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.
    JDunn mayapan_001.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, 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_025.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, 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, 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
  • 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.
    JDUNN-folio-60.jpg
  • 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.
    JDUNN-folio-59.jpg
  • South Korea, Busan, 2001. Winter persimmons are offered to Buddha at Busan's Pomosa Temple, far up in the forested hillsides behind the city.
    JDUNN-folio-47.jpg
  • 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.
    JDUNN-folio-46.jpg
  • India, Maharashtra, Nasik, 2007. In the soft light of early morning, the hands of a "sadhu" or holy man, relax in meditation.
    JDUNN-folio-45.jpg
  • Laos, Vientiane, 2003. Lifeline for all, the Mekong River traverses Laos, enabling trade, communication and transport for thousands who depend on it.
    JDUNN-folio-44.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Yangon. 2006. Sisters sit in the shade near the Yangon River ferry crossing. For too many Burmese children there is simply not enough to eat.
    JDUNN-folio-42.jpg
  • Japan, Kanazawa, 1999. Old and young alike celebrate Hyakumangoku, marking one million "goku" of rice produced in the northern Honshu area.
    JDUNN-folio-41.jpg
  • Laos, Luang Nam Tha, 2003. Afternoon light in Luang Prabang reveals a sublime golden goddess rising skyward like a lotus.
    JDUNN-folio-37.jpg
  • 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..
    JDUNN-folio-25.jpg
  • Pakistan, Northwest Frontier Province, 2004. On the hand of a child, wedding henna, and a welcome from Tahkt-e Bhai, a close-knit town outside Peshawar. Behind high walls, the women could be heard celebrating separately.
    JDUNN-folio-23.jpg
  • 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.
    JDUNN-folio-22.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Bagan, 2003. Four young monks return home, in a rhythm unchanged for centuries. Only a small percentage of the temples on the Bagan plain have active communities.
    JDUNN-folio-18.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake. 2003. An afternoon football match between monks, some sharing shoes or not wearing them at all.
    JDUNN-folio-15.jpg
  • Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, 2002. The week-long Tet New Year festival is celebrated all over Vietnam. Near Cholon, Buddhists gather to burn heady clouds of incense.
    JDUNN-folio-12.jpg
  • 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.
    JDUNN-folio-11.jpg
  • Pakistan, Sehwan Sharif, 2004. Lost in their own world, two sisters pray for the unknown at the tomb of Hazrat Lal Qalander. Pilgrims often come to ask for a change of fortune.
    JDUNN-folio-01.jpg
  • 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.
    JDunn yucatan_059.jpg
  • 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.
    JDunn xantolo_049.JPG
  • 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.
    JDunn xantolo_015.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.
    JDunn xantolo_003.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_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_004.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.
    JDunn sonrisas_079.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_035.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_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_002.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.
    JDunn mayapan_037.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.
    JDunn jalisco_043.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.
    JDunn jalisco_031.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_011.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, 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_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_0013.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, 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_08.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 56.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, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Pakistan, Sehwan Sharif, 2004. A young man's deadly pride and joy in the Sindhi desert. Guns are a fact of life this far from government eyes.
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  • Pakistan, Karachi, 2004. Traffic nightmares in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, main port, and busiest city.
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  • India, Haryana, Agra Road, 2007. Hundreds of Brahmin longhorn cattle follow an ancient grazing route alongside the main Delhi-Agra road.
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  • Pakistan, Sehwan Sharif, 2004. The golden dome of the shrine of Hazrat Lal Qalander, seen at sunset from the library of Dr. M. Ahsan Siddiqui.
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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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  • South Korea, Seoul, 2001. The peircing tones and minimalist sounds of the sacred Tae'je Ritual at Chongmyo Shrine, an island of wide royal spaces in the center of Seoul.
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  • China, Beijing, 2001. A boy surveys his "hutong," or traditional neighborhood. These low-slung communities are fast disappearing, as streets are widened, and concrete and steel construction replaces bricks in cities all over China..
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  • Japan, Saitama, 1999. Three days of joyous winter celebrations culminate in the drawing of huge floats, or "yatai," through the streets.
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  • Japan, Tokyo, 1999. In Buddhism, Kannon, the goddess of compassion, releases us from suffering.
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  • Sri Lanka, Dambulla, 2006. Hindus believe that through its stem, the lotus is connected to the center of the earth. An astonishing palette of colors can be found at the local markets.
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  • South Korea, Sokcho, 2001. "Doltap," or Buddhist prayers made with stones, beside a frozen riverbank deep in South Korea's forested eastern seacoast.
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  • India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 1999. Two brothers row on the Ganges in the magic light of early morning. In winter, the great, wide river is at its slowest and most peaceful.
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  • China, Taiyuan, 2003. A female Chinese opera performer waits in the wings for her entrance. Traditional costumes can often be quite heavy, and makeup elaborate.
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  • China, Taiyuan, 2008. A factory worker leaves his home next to "Tai Gang," Taiyuan Iron and Steel, Shanxi's largest employer and a vital part of China's metal production capacity..
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  • China, Xiahe, 2007. The strongest young riders and the fastest horses are chosen for a single wild race at this nomad ceremony near the Sanke Pass in Gansu Province.
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  • China, Anye Machen, 2007. Prayer flags at a Qinghai "mani ka," or prayer hill. Inscribed with verse, and tied to the highest places men can reach, prayers are released to heaven each time the wind blows..
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2003. In public or in private, rituals of bathing and washing are an essential part of daily life in Burma. Rainy season is the only time of year relief from the heat comes during the day.
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  • India, Maharashtra, Nasik, 2006. An emblem of wholeness, impermanence, and mystery the world over, this circular mandala made of sand will be here one moment and gone the next.
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  • Pakistan, Sehwan Sharif, 2004. Adorned with some forty pounds of steel around his arms and legs, a devotee spiritually chains himself to the outer gates of the tomb of Hazrat Lal Qalander.
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  • Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, 2002. Paper shoes and photographs of long lost relatives are sent to heaven during the week-long Tet New Year Festival.
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  • Pakistan, Karachi, 2004. Evening prayer at the Shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi, a Sufi saint renowned for the fervor of his disciples.
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  • India, Maharashtra, Nasik, 2007. A Hindu family sends prayers into the Ramkund, which holds water from the Godavari River.
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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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