Events this week will have you singing, clapping and dancing! And we have a tip on a great way to learn to speak the Mayan language…

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There’s so much going on… so here’s a separate list of events for just this weekend. And please, don’t forget to vote…

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An interview with a “Yucateco Abroad”, Eduardo Creel, because even when they live somewhere else, Yucatecos never forget where their heart is…

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This week there’s everything from conversation to cinema, and if you like antiques, you’re in for a treat…

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A colonial Merida art gallery near Parque Santa Ana displays art from two Mexican artists. Melva comes from Morelia, Abel from Oaxaca. They both studied in Mexico City and are creating a new life (and great art!) in Merida…

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Early Sunday morning, after the dogs were walked but before most of Merida had awakened, the Working Gringos found themselves down the street from their new rental at Merida’s oldest and largest cemetery…

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This week, a dance performance all the way from the opposite side of the planet. And a rundown on the regular event schedule in Merida…

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Lorena Pacheco was a very young expatriate when she first moved to Mexico. Now that she’s traveled around the world a bit, she’s decided Merida is the place to start her next business…

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Every week, there are more cultural events in Merida than any reasonable person can attend. Yucatan Living’s Khaki Scott will keep you up-to-date on what’s new and interesting, starting with a new bookstore, a film festival and a free movie…

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The Passion of the Maya is on full display when visiting the busy town of Acanceh on Good Friday during Semana Santa…

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Before there were shopping malls and video games, Merida’s children always had a special place to go for fun, the Parque Zoologico del Centenario, also known as the Merida Zoo…

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Khaki Scott, a regular reader and soon to be resident of Merida, recounts a guilt-ridden dining experience at “the pilgrim’s porch”…

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Bob Martin, the executive director of the Tree-Land Foundation, writes about the recent inauguration of the “See Well to Live Better” Clinic of Visual Health in Merida…

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