The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Although the 40-day period of Lent is meant to be a time of penance and fasting, one of the guilty pleasures of the season is savoring the wonderful culinary specialties Mexican cooks whip up only at this time of year.
La Sayaca, the band of masked dancers that plays a key role is Ajijic’s rambunctious Carnaval festivities, may derive from the personalities of real people who inhabited the community in the pre-Hispanic era.
Remember when government people first cooked up the idea of creating the Ciclovía cycling track alongside the Chapala-Jocotepec Carretera?
In childhood I remember my mother used to dream up a rhyming motto at the start of each new year to succinctly express her dreams or goals for the following 12 months. I picked my motto for this year: Clutter free in 20-23.
To coin a phrase: And the rockets dread blare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that your flak is still there.
I was all set to pen an upbeat commentary on the holiday season. But life in Ajijic is always subject to unexpected occurrences that throw the mind off track.
Like other communities across the nation, towns in the Lake Chapala area are winding up for one of Mexico’s most fervently celebrated religious holidays, the December 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
