Mi Mexico.

Hello everybody, I'm Ana and I'm from Mexico (born and raised in this country). As you know, we have a lot of regions, each one with different types of traditions, foods, music. 

The weather in Mexico most of the time is hot. We have deserts, forests and beaches. We don't have snow, but you always see the sun even if is a cloudy day. Sometimes it is really hot, especially in the summer, but you can eat lemon ice-cream, sweets, or maybe drink horchata. 

Mexico has 32 states, and each one has different traditions, but we have something in common, and I want to share those traditions that define me as a mexican. 

We have big families. There are five people in my family, but every weekend we spend time with our grandparents, aunts, cousin, and so on. We are 70 in total, more or less. We like to cook different types of food, mostly food with chili (Mexico has a variety of chilis), and we eat a lot of things with corn, like tortilla, tostadas, pozole, tacos :).

The aqueducts "Los Arcos" built in 1762

I live in Queretaro. This city is a colonial city and here you can find beautiful churches and "Los Arcos", the most emblematic moment from here, we have candies like "pedos de monja" (nun farts) and some other candies, the most popular ones are "Dulces de Bernal", but most of them are made with chocolate or milk.

Hidalgo, Mexico

I was born in Hidalgo, another state, this state is know because we have "barbacoa" (food), and a lot of natural hot
springs.

I want to talk about some traditions starting in January and the "Dia de Reyes". Here the children have toys and we have "Rosca de Reyes", and inside of the rosca there is a little dolls, and the people who have the dolls in February he/she has to give "tamales" for the people. In February we have "Dia de la Candelaria" and here the people who have the dolls have to give tamales. In March we have a parade to celebrate the start of spring. The children make a parade with customs related to the spring like animals, flowers, trees, etc. 

June/July is summer, time to relax and going to the beach or to vacation with your family somewhere. For me, I always go to the south because my mother is from Merida, Yucatan. In Merida, we have lots of beaches, pyramids, good food, kind people, and a lot of sun and hot humid weather. The summer is about 2-3 months long. I enjoy going there because I love the the hot humid nights. If you go there, you will see a lot of people and you will hear the "trove", this is the typical music from Merida. While you are there, you have to try all the food you can, and don't forget Chichen Itza. 

an altar during the Day of the Dead

After the summer, we have our independence day, September 16th. For the holiday, we eat tamales, pozole, "chiles en nogada", drink tequila and sing mariachi. In November we have "Dia de Muertos", well know worldwide, this is beautiful tradition. We make alters to remember our deceased family members. For the holiday specific food, we eat "calaveritas" from sugar and chocolate. In addition, also we eat "pan de muerto", and we use special flowers to decorate the alters. In December we have a lot of celebrations. Almost all the month we have something to celebrate. We start with the "Dia de la virgen de Guadalupe" (Lupita), she is a Mexican virgin and in Mexico is a very important day. Some people go to celebrate in the "basilica the Guadalupe". We have the "posadas" these are celebrations around Christmas. During the posadas we have piñatas and we make hot ponche with fruits, after this we have Christmas and New Year eve. 

Those are the most important celebrations, but each family has their own and also each part of the country celebrate it different.