What Does My Town’s Name Mean? Part II
Trying to figure out the meaning behind many of these place names can get tricky. There are different versions drawn from stories people tell, scattered...
Don Francisco Bautista and the Purhembe Ensemble
In a town where legends breathe and nostalgia sings, lives the story of a man whose life has become one with the music of his...
Let Tata Mateo’s Music Keep Playing
Last night, the news reached me: Tata Mateo Rodríguez had passed away. We weren’t close friends, nor family, not even neighbors. But the news, like...
Dhash Dhasher and the Memory on the Walls
On the walls of Uruapan, colors bloom—not just to decorate, but to tell stories.With every line he sprays, Dhash Dhasher—urban artist from the Santo Santiago...
Eréndira
The wind carried whispers of pale men from the east, armed with thunder and mounted on giant beasts. In Tzintzuntzan, beneath Michoacán’s copper sky, Princess...
Chapter II | Music
The gray office where I work carries the monotony of an unchanging landscape; the constant hum of printers, the incessant tapping of keys, and the...
Cherán Atzicuirin: A León Native’s Perspective
In 2023, the leaders of the musical groups SONAR Las Joyas from León, Guanajuato, and Tarhiata Jimpanhe from Cherán Atzicuirin—both ensembles made up of children...
The ones who stayed
In this land of old stories and cherished customs, of the scent of burning wood, where time is measured in handfuls of earth and love...
The Bonfire of Tangaxoán
I am Tangáxoan Tzíntzicha, Cazonci of Tzintzuntzan, and in the twilight of my life the echo of an empire turning to ash resounds within me....