Mexico, 2017: Mexico City and Surroundings
Basilica de Guadalupe, Palacio Nacional, Museo de Arte Popular
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Apr 15, 2017: Basilica de Guadalupe, Mexico City is a sanctuary of the Catholic Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary in her invocation of Guadalupe. It is the most visited Marian precinct in the world, surpassed only by Saint Peter's Basilica. Every year some twenty million pilgrims visit the sanctuary, of which about nine million do so in the days around December 12, the day on which Saint Mary of Guadalupe is celebrated. Annually, the Basilica of Santa María de Guadalupe has at least twice as many visitors as the best-known Marian shrines, making it an outstanding social and cultural phenomenon. When I visited it, it was only moderately crowded. It is just a few miles outside of Mexico City.
I'm not sure what they are taking pictures of,.
Apr 15, 2017: Palacio Nacional, Mexico City. The Palacio Nacional) is the seat of the federal executive in Mexico. Since 2018 it has also served as the official residence for the President of Mexico. It is located on Mexico City's main square, the Plaza de la Constitución (El Zócalo). This site has been a palace for the ruling class of Mexico since the Aztec Empire, and much of the current palace's building materials are from the original one that belonged to the 16th-century leader Moctezuma II.
Inside is the ridiculously large Diego Rivera mural "The History of Mexico," which covers the history of the nation, from the Aztec era through the conquest to the Revolution and the development of industry. You need a wide angle lens to capture all of it. Below are some pieces of it.
Apr 12-16, 2017: Museo de Arte Popular, Mexico City. It promotes and preserves part of the Mexican handcrafts and folk art. The museum has a collection which includes textiles, pottery, glass, piñatas, furniture, and much more. This might have been my favorite museum.
Apr 16, 2017: Museo Diego Rivera
Here he is with Frida Kahlo. The relationship between Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera is not your typical love story… They had messy fights, multiple extra-marital affairs and even divorced in 1939 only to remarry a year later. The duo painted each other for 25 years.
Apr 10-16, Mexico City. I wandered about this wonderful city for several days, with no real plan (except to go to a wrestling match (see videos below).
This is the show I went to see
Apr 10 Wrestler arrival.MOVThe arrival, with dancing girls and fake guitar playing.
Apr 10 Mexico City wrestlers.MOVAnd the match, with over the top fakery. I loved it.
Mexico City Musicians.MOV
2017-04-17 Mexico wheel of men on ropes.MOVThe ritual ceremony of the Voladores (‘flying men’) is a fertility dance performed by several ethnic groups in Mexico and Central America, especially the Totonac people in the eastern state of Veracruz, to express respect for and harmony with the natural and spiritual worlds.
2017-04-15 Mexico City herb healer.MOVGoogle Sites
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