SAN JUAN CHAMULA, Mexico — I’m just leaving Jesus Christ’s house — more about that in a moment — when my guide hears melancholy music wafting from a cinder-block bunker around back. Silhouetted in a ...
I walked around the main square of San Juan Chamula several times before noticing something odd. The little town is plastered with the signature curlicues of the world's most recognized brand: ...
Fierce adherence to traditions overlaid upon a rudimentary Catholic belief system reflects the Mayan people’s will to survive the colonial onslaught Chamula's church of San Juan seems like a Catholic ...