Mexican Culture

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

Coffee-drinking is popular in Mexico with quality home-grown and imported coffees readily available at coffee shops, restaurants, and local supermarkets

Mexico has a wide variety of sayings, maxims, or phrases intended to convey truth or natural wisdom that admits no argument

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

The Church and church bells play a significant role in Mexican history, and living within earshot of a lively church offers a mixed blessing

Mexico's love of The Beatles lives on—more than 55 years after the band broke-up—and their legacy continues to be kept alive here

An important and insightful part of Mexico's past and present are its bread shops, found on many busy corners of its towns and cities

Foreign Native comments on some key writers, past and present, whose significant works were inspired by Mexico's alluring tapestry and its rich & varied culture

Among Mexico's many sayings, "lo que el viento a Juárez" —what the wind did to Juárez— is popular, especially around election time

Mexico offers an abundance in choice of mouthwatering foods, some of which are associated with certain holidays, and especially with Christmas

Mexico has always been a country to assimilate foreign things without giving up its own identity, often putting a particularly Mexican stamp on them

Workers in Mexico look forward to their annual Christmas bonus payment, known as 'el Aguinaldo,' that is paid before December 20th each year