by garycjones | Apr 19, 2022 | Culture
Mexico is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world.[13] Although the overwhelming majority of Mexicans today speak Spanish, there is no de jure official language at the federal level. The government recognizes 62...
by garycjones | Apr 19, 2022 | Culture
Mexican literature has its antecedents in the literature of the indigenous settlements of Mesoamerica and European literature.[12] The most well known prehispanic poet is Netzahualcoyotl. Modern Mexican literature is influenced by the concepts of the Spanish...
by garycjones | Apr 19, 2022 | Culture
Mexico is known for its folk art traditions, mostly derived from the indigenous and Spanish crafts. Pre-Columbian art thrived over a wide timescale, from 1800 BC to AD 1500. Certain artistic characteristics were repeated throughout the region, namely a...
by garycjones | Apr 19, 2022 | Culture
The Spanish arrival and colonization brought Roman Catholicism to the country, which became the main religion of Mexico. Mexico is a secular state, and the Constitution of 1917 and anti-clerical law imposed limitations on the church...
