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		<title>Festival Photos and Videos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few videos and a slideshow of the 2012 Festival of San Miguel Danza al Pie de La Bufa de Zacatecas Raza de Bronce Los Olmecas de Aguascalientes The Saturday Horse procession, Xuchiles, and big parade The Slideshow:]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Festival of San Miguel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The festival of San Miguel begins in the wee hours of the morning tomorrow so I thought I would publish the schedule of events which varies little from year to year. Along with it, slideshows of years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011. 2007 Festival Slideshow:  SATURDAY 3 am: Meeting of the dnacers &#38; Mojigangas, corner of
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		<title>Cañada de la Virgen</title>
		<link>http://talesfrommexico.com/guanajuato/canada-de-la-virgen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guanajuato]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mexican ecological preserve]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today we visited Cañada de la Virgen, the pyramid site outside of San Miguel de Allende.  The site was built by the Otomí Indians around 500 BC and was inhabited until the 1500&#8242;s. You go with a guide and are driven to within a 20-25 minute walk of the pyramid site &#38; you hike in
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		<title>Quinceañera!</title>
		<link>http://talesfrommexico.com/rituals/quinceanera/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karen, Elvia&#8217;s daughter, turned 15 last week.  Her quinceañera was last night. Everything up through dinner was as expected, but the &#8220;dancing&#8221; begins with an hour long ritual that includes dance, performance, fireworks (inside) and showers of confetti all of which acknowledge moving out of childhood and becoming a woman. She receives her last doll,
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		<title>Gelatina, As Art</title>
		<link>http://talesfrommexico.com/folk-art/gelatina-an-art-form/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can I can say about these beautiful gelatin desserts but WOW!  They are made by a local person who has obviously spent years in her kitchen playing around in this medium.  They are works of art, almost impossible to imagine how she made each one by hand. When you look at the photo above,
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		<title>Diego Rivera&#8217;s Anahuacalli Musem</title>
		<link>http://talesfrommexico.com/artists/diego-riveras-anahuacalli-musem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frida Kahlo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One Reason to love Mexico City: Diego Rivera&#8217;s Anahuacalli Museum in Coyoacan. Over his lifetime, Diego Rivera collected 50,000 pieces of pre-hispanic art. According to the museum staff he bought from &#8216;archaeologists&#8217; who robbed temple sites and had a hand in taking pieces himself. In return, he built this volcanic rock house which mimics a
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		<title>Trees of Life and Other Clay Work</title>
		<link>http://talesfrommexico.com/arbol-de-vida/trees-of-life-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arbol de Vida]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arbol de la vida, the tree of life.  They come in a variation of themes &#8211; Adam and Eve, the nacimiento, Noah&#8217;s arc, God overseeing his kingdom as well as scenes from nature, the animal kingdom, traditional Mexican scenes and dia de los muertos trees. &#160; From the finest two inch miniatures with the tiniest
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		<title>The Molcajete</title>
		<link>http://talesfrommexico.com/food/the-molcajete/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recipes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not much I can say that the video doesn&#8217;t convey. The Molcajete meal at Ten Ten Pie &#8211; the bubbling one pot meal which is as good as it looks!  A combination of arrachera, chorizo, fried panela, grilled nopales, green onions, avocado and cilantro in a bubbling tomatillo sauce. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>New Church Announcement</title>
		<link>http://talesfrommexico.com/fireworks/new-church-announcement-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fireworks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[They came by at 6am this morning, rockets and all. The procession wound through town, past all the other churches for a blessing, then returned to our street about 1pm. The new church in our neighborhood opened its doors today and this is the formal announcement, followed by the man with the black collection box.
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		<title>Virgen de Guadalupe</title>
		<link>http://talesfrommexico.com/rituals/virgen-de-guadalupe-2-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mexican Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Novenas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Singing in Spanish]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night was the 6th Novena for the Guadalupe in our neighborhood. Each day more people come and live music arrived on the fourth Novena. Don&#8217;t let the peacefulness of it fool you or make you nostalgic for simpler times because once it got started, about 30 boys under 12 showed up. Half of them
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		<title>Dia de los Muertos 2011</title>
		<link>http://talesfrommexico.com/only-in-mexico/dia-de-los-muertos-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://talesfrommexico.com/only-in-mexico/dia-de-los-muertos-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A slideshow of altars, celebrations and the cemetery, 2011 You can view our slideshow here on our old blog]]></description>
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		<title>The Blessing of San Miguel</title>
		<link>http://talesfrommexico.com/festivals/the-blessing-of-san-miguel-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pilgrimage of San Miguel to the Parroquia to be blessed for the upcoming town celebration - The Festival of San Miguel This Weekend&#8217;s Festivities: Midnight Friday:  Procession of the estrellas to the Parroquia for las mañanitas 4 a.m Saturday:  The Alborada and fireworks in the Jardin 2 p.m Saturday: Parade of los monos to the Jardin
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		<title>Museo Antropologia</title>
		<link>http://talesfrommexico.com/day-of-the-dead/museo-antropologia-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Day of the Dead]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palenque]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruins]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mexico City, the museum of anthropology. There&#8217;s more than I can write pecking a letter at a time on my iPhone so here&#8217;s some photos until I can get to my computer]]></description>
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		<title>Locos Parade 2011</title>
		<link>http://talesfrommexico.com/festivals/locos-parade-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every June in San Miguel de Allende, they celebrate the feast day of San Antonio de Padua with first, Rockets beginning at about 4am, followed by religious processions and masses and a full size carnival with lots of kiddie rides, ending a week later with the Locos blessing and Parade. Ten years ago this parade
	<a href="http://talesfrommexico.com/festivals/locos-parade-2011/" class="go_more"><span><i></i>read more</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Elvia&#8217;s Family</title>
		<link>http://talesfrommexico.com/food/elvias-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mexica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t done an update on Elvia&#8217;s family in a long time.  For those of  you who haven&#8217;t read about Elvia, it begins with the post titled The Novena and a Tragedy.  Other stories about her family can be found by searching &#8216;Elvia&#8217; It is now just a little over two years since her husband
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