By Lorenzo Covarrubias, PhD in Cultural Anthropology El Corrido is a musical art form unique to México. Born among the rural populations of the country, it is over 200 years old. Think of corridos as heroic ballads, exaggerated truths, social…
The members from royalty of the 2025 Carnival "The Pearl", royalty have finally revealed the call for the crown, contests and more for the 2026 edition of the biggest party in the port. Activities for the festivity started with the announcement of the…
Six days of music, parades, fireworks, and magic by the sea. The historic celebration returns to Olas Altas and the Malecón with massive concerts and the legendary Parade of Floats. The Naval Combat fireworks show lights up the Pacific in…
I knew that Mazatlán’s shrimp fishery industry is one of the largest in the world: 5,000 to 10,000 tons per year caught, processed, frozen, and exported all over the world by an estimated 10,000 people employed directly or indirectly in…
In case you haven’t visited Centro lately, say in the last two years or so, you might not have seen the new (as of December 8, 2021) monument dedicated to ... the Beatles - the ones in Octopus’s Garden, not…
“Las Posadas” derives from the Spanish word posada (lodging, or accommodation) which, in this case, refers to the inn from the Christian Nativity story... It is a Mexican tradition that commemorates the journey of Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to…