Arts Midwest World Fest

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Background

Geography, Flag & Anthem
History of Mexico & Veracruz

II. Music

Los Utrera, Son Jarocho, El Fandango & Versada
Instrument Making
World Music Links
World Culture Links

III. Mexican Culture

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
Folk Tales
Culinary Culture
Religions of Mexico—Architecture
Religions of Mexico—Origin Myths

IV. Here and Now

Migration, Immigration & Environment
Borders
Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples

These pages were written by Jeanne Paliatka and Olaf Nelson for Arts Midwest.

Religions of Mexico - Architecture

Mexican Architecture
Sacred Sites of the Western Hemisphere. Martin Gray's site has great images of many sacred sites in Mexico.

Excellent introduction to the history of Mexican art and architecture contained in a book called Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Teotihuacan
Description and pictures of Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan City of the Gods has lots of information, history, maps and panoramic video clips of the site.

Pictures of Mexico. This site has hundreds of pictures of Mexico. Pictures #68-77 address Teotihuacan.

Uxmal
Description and pictures of Uxmal

Pictures of Mexico. This site has hundreds of pictures of Mexico. Pictures #185-195 address Uxmal.

Guadalupe Basilica, Mexico
Pictures of Mexico. This site has hundreds of pictures of Mexico. Pictures #59-67 address the old and new Basilicas.

The official site of the Basilica de Guadalupe is in Spanish, but there are lots of great pictures.

Mexico

III: MEXICAN CULTURE

Religions of Mexico - Architecture