Mexican Culture

Articles about Mexican culture and traditions

Articles about Mexican culture and traditions

Essential Skills for Expats 5: Cultural Awareness

In this final part of the series, learn how developing an awareness and understanding of Mexican culture is essential to integration and longer-term settlement

Essential Skills for Expats 2: Flexibility & Patience

In this third part of our series, we explore how developing flexibility and patience are essential qualities to assimilate well to your lifestyle in Mexico

Manuel Payno: A 19th Century Mexican Novelist

One of the less well-known of Mexico's writers, but well worth reading, is Manuel Payno, whose works bring post-Independence Mexico vividly to life

Learning to Assimilate Impermanence with No Hay

You'll become familiar with the phrase "No Hay," that inevitably makes itself apparent at some point when something you want or need isn't available right now

Discovering Mexico’s Annual Public Holidays

Mexico observes several dates throughout the year to commemorate important historical, cultural and religious events; some are national public holidays

Experiences Past & Present: Going to the Movies in Mexico

Foreign Native reflects on the changing habits and habitats for film-watching in Mexico, and how the movie-going experience here has changed over the years

Leafing Through Bookworms’ Choices in Mexico

Online marketplaces have transformed access to books in Mexico, although traditional bookshops continue to ply a brisk trade here

Guide to Social Etiquette and Local Customs in Mexico

Comprehensive guide to navigate Mexico's social etiquette. Get acquainted with social graces and avoid making unnecessary or embarrassing social blunders

There’s More to Mexican Piñatas than Meets the Eye

The colorful piñata is a hallmark of Mexican festive traditions, and more thought and decision-making goes into a piñata ritual than is readily apparent

La Quincena: The Cash Behind the Friday Rush

Workers' wages are paid every fifteen days in Mexico, and pay days are known as "Quincenas" which make for busy weekends, especially in the capital

Spanish and the Art of Managing Disappointment

Exploring a tidy arrangement of words in Spanish usage that most usually leads to the listener’s disappointment

Cultural Insight: Woe is the Malinchista

The expression 'malinchista' harks back five centuries to the native woman Malinche, who served as interpreter for Hernán Cortés