Yucatan Living
Expatriates living, working & playing in Merida and the Yucatan
Art & Local Culture
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One Last Effort: Chapter Sixteen
After her husband’s death, when Guadalupe looked into the state of her affairs, she was shocked to discover that only nine thousand sev...
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Artist Georgia Charuhas
One of the treasures of any area are the artists who reside there. One of Merida's treasures is 30-year resident Georgia Charuhas.
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A Hero for the Americas: The Legend of Gonzalo Guerrero
Our review of a new book about one of Yucatan's most fascinating historical figures.
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La Serva Padrona
An authentic, localized interpretation of the classic opera!
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ARTE A MANO
ARTE A MANO, an important event where the artistic work of more than 80 participants, coming from the three states of th...
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Rare Baroque Experience in Merida
Performance on authentic classical instruments in Yucatan.
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In the Yucatan
Book Review by Dr. James Gunn
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Princess of Yucatan: Cave of Stone Flowers II
In which Nakah and her blind grandfather escape pygmies, an army of ants and we learn how to keep alligators at bay...
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Princess of Yucatan: Cave of Stone Flowers, Part I
In which Nakah and her group of travelers find the mysterious Cave of Loltun...
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Holiday 2016 AANY
Every year the AANY show presents extraordinary arts and crafts from local Yucatecan artists and artesanias...
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Princess of Yucatan: On to Mayapan
In which our heroine is reunited with her blind grandfather in a hollow tree, and together they lead a group through the jungle, until Ek-tal falls...
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Classical Music Concerts
An exciting and very different concept in classical music is coming to Merida this fall at Hacienda Xcanatun.
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Princess of Yucatan: Trailed by Tzan, Part II
In which Nakah fears a tiger, but is surprised by someone else...
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Princess of Yucatan: Trailed by Tzan
In which Nakah finds the light at the end of the tunnel, which leads to another difficult position...
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Noche Blanca in May
Upcoming Noche Blanca will be celebrated in many locations... here is the list!
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Princess of Yucatan: Prisoner of The Palanquin, Part Two
In which Nakah uses her learning to escape her imprisonment, and finds that she might have dug an even deeper hole for herself...
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Princess of Yucatan: Prisoner of the Palanquin
In which Nakah finds herself in a new and different situation...
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House on the Beach
Contributor James Gunn reviews a more modern novel that might provide insight into the culture of Merida today...
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Death in Veracruz
Guest writer James Gunn reviews a political novel that provides insight into the petroleum industry in Mexico...
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Princess of Yucatan: Power of the Signet, Part II
In which we find out the history of blind Copan, the powerful meaning of the signet and how things go wrong anyway...
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Xtabentum: A Novel of Yucatan
A review of a novel about one woman's quest into her family's past in Yucatan...
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Princess of Yucatan: Power of the Signet
In which the blind Copan requests an audience with the black-robed Supreme Judge of Chichen Itza...
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Princess of Yucatan: Secrets in Stone, Part II
In which Nakah is blindsided by a new discovery which has deleterious effects on her grandfather, the blind Copan...
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Interesting Books About Yucatan
As more and more expatriates move to the Yucatan, we have found more and more books being written about the area. These are not scholarly works or textbooks... these are memoirs, novels, mysteries and more. Read all about it!
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Balankanché Cavern: Part Three
In this third and final segment, we learn how the Balankanché Cave was reconsecrated by Maya priests...
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Princess of Yucatan: Secrets in Stone, Part I
In which we learn how the Maya slaves worked, and how the chicle workers were helping keep history and a dream of freedom alive...
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Balankanché Cavern: Part Two
Read how Humberto finds the secrets of the cave, and what powers come together to expose them to the world...
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Balankanché Cavern: Part One
Read the first part of the true story of the discovery and excavation of the Balankanché cavern, less than two miles away from Chichen Itza...
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The Yucatan Symphony Orchestra
The Symphony Orchestra of the Yucatan is a foundational aspect of the cultural landscape of Merida. What it lacks in age, it more than makes up for in quality... and it just keeps getting better...
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Princess of Yucatan: The Wind-Song Dance
Serialized novel from 1939 about the Yucatan... this is going to be fun!
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Joseph Dreams in Merida
Hidden in Merida's centro, Joseph Kurhajec is an international artist who is plumbing the depths of the psyche in clay, stone and paint...
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Upcoming Art Shows in Merida
This year's winter AANY show will be joined by other art events, making this a great time for buying art and handicrafts...
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Memoirs of an Ensign
In this translated piece, we get a taste for daily life and the living conditions and the end of the 18th Century in Merida Yucatan...
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Mariachi with a Twist
Mariachi music is everywhere in Mexico... even in Yucatan. But these mariachi bands are taking it to a whole new level...
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Art in Merida
Merida has galleries, museums and exhibits showing artists from around Mexico and the rest of the world. There is art here for every taste and every pocketbook.
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Teya, Un Corazón de Mujer
Our guest writer James Gunn, PhD. reviews a very important book, one that was written by a woman about a woman in Yucatan…
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Pirates of the Yucatan
Our guest writer, James Gunn, tells us about a famous Yucatecan writer from the 19th Century, and his romance novel, El Filibustero, which exposes the vicissitudes of life in Yucatan during the 17th Century...
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Symphonic Orchestra 2015
This season, the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra performs all over the map. From Bohemia to Beethoven, ending with a fantastic opera... don't miss this great season!
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Book Review: Canek
Our guest writer, James Gunn, gives us a peek into a book in Spanish written about the great Maya revolutionary, Jacinto Canek...
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La Tierra del Faisán y del Venado
Guest writer James Gunn reports to us on one of Yucatan's most iconic and beloved books, written by an author of great reknown in Mexico...
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AANY Update
Here are some important updates about the shows and store of AANY, a group of local artisans and craftspeople.
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La Artesa in Merida
The Merida English Library and the Nahualli art gallery is bringing to Merida a unique and exciting art exhibit by a group of Oaxacan painters and printmakers, along with the story of their people...
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The Short Stories of Carlos Martín Briceño
Our contributor, James Gunn, reviews books of short stories from a locally-born author, Martin Briceño. Briceño writes with wit and insight into characters living on the darker side...
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Justo Sierra O'Reilly, A Novel Account
Dr. Gunn reviews another Spanish-language book, this one a novel that provides a fictionalized account of an historical figure, Justo Sierra O'Reilly...
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Yucatan: "Peninsula, Peninsula"
Here is a brief synopsis of a novel written about an interesting historical time in the Yucatan. Our guest writer gives us an account of the story and how it has changed his views of modern-day Yucatan...
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Stay... the Movie
Estancia is a lovely, evocative short film that was made by a photographer who has fallen in love with the Yucatan. Here's our interview with him about making the film...
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Christmas Shopping at AANY
Start collecting your money and making your lists... here comes the AANY show, just in time for your Christmas shopping. Check out the news and mark your calendar... you don't want to miss this!
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Touch Me With Your Eyes
Writer Rodrigo Rodriguez brings us another great short story, this time about an experience of getting lost in the Yucatan, and finding something wonderful...
