The "charreadas" are the typical competitive encounter where the charros (rural mexican workers), demonstrate their skills while riding their horses. Here: catching the bull by the tail, in order to make it roll; the winner is the faster in achieving that.

Women measures one against others during the so called "escaramuzas", one of the horse riding competitions during the charreadas.

Near Cepeda, Coahuila, Mexico

They represent a very important part of the mexican rural tradition.

In frequent encounters, in tournaments (the so called "charreadas"), dressed to the traditional way, they make a show off of their abilities in different activities, mounted on their horses or not.

As backdrop, the Mexican History Museum (Monterrey, Nuevo León, México).

This organ player is on one of the most traditional corners of the historic neighborhood in Mexico city. The stones of this and most of the other buildings in this area are the same that the aztecs used for their construction before the spaniards conquest.

The tradition of organ players in this city is of more than 100 years.

Known as "carne al pastor", it is similar to the muslim "Kebab", but based on a kind of meet that they would never eat: pork.

Cepeda, Coahuila, México (Chihuahuan Desert)

This is the kind of architectural shape that seems to be in vogue for the new constructions. In this particular case, with the frequent alive colors.

Matamoros, Coahuila

Yucas are part of the autochthonous vegetation of the mexican desert.

All the archeological site of Teotihuacan was rebuilded, including this pyramid, the biggest one. It is notorious that the work was done in 1910, during the Porfiriato, name given after president Porfirio Díaz, that ruled the country for more than three decades. Through the architecture, each power elite reinforced their authority; the original one, building up this huge memorial, the modern one, re-building it from its ruins.

@ San Luis Potosí City.

With an unique beauty, is the result of many yuxtaposed architechtonical styles: gothic, barroque and churriguiaresque.

Another sample of the afection for the strong colors in whole Mexico.

San Luis Potosí city.

At San Luis Potosi city

Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosi

At Saltillo, Coahuila, arround the corner.

In the inside of a church, San Luis Potosi city.

Saltillo, Coahuila

Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí