Yucatán Magazine

Farmers in Peto and its outlying communities are calling for the preservation of Maya ceremonies tied to the agricultural cycle, warning that younger generations have largely stopped practicing them. Eduardo Moo, a longtime farmer, said that roughly 50 ye

In the village of San José Oriente, outside Hoctún, a growing number of men and boys are picking up a needle and an embroidery frame, taking up a craft long passed down only from mothers to daughters. The village has built its regional reputation on the s

The candles are already out on the kitchen counter. Not lit yet, just staged, because everyone in Chuburná Hidalgo learned something last month during that eight-hour CFE blackout: you stage the candles before the power goes, not after. Tropical Wave 35 i

Long before he ever stepped in front of a microphone, Alan Parsons was the guy behind the glass, shaping the sound of two of rock's most enduring albums. Now the 77-year-old engineer-turned-bandleader is bringing his own catalog to Mérida this fall, part

For newcomers, discovering online gaming is not always about finding a game. Often, the bigger question is knowing where to begin. Jili is a game provider featured on the GZone gaming platform, offering a collection of titles across different themes and f

Yucatán business leaders say a hostile investment climate is scaring off capital, and they're pointing to the stalled "Las Dunas" beach project as their prime example. Coparmex Mérida, the local chapter of Mexico's national employers' confederation, unvei

The Tren Maya derailed again Monday, coming off the tracks about 50 meters (164 feet) after leaving San Francisco station in Campeche on a run bound for Mérida. None of the 123 passengers aboard was injured, according to the railway's operator. The train'

Power has been fully restored across Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Chiapas after an overnight blackout that lasted nearly eight hours, following vandalism to two high-tension transmission lines. The outage began minutes after 7 p.m. Monday and reach

Three tropical waves are expected to cross Yucatán during the first week of September, building toward the weekend and raising the risk of street flooding in low-lying areas, according to meteorologist Juan Antonio Palma Solís of Meteored México. The timi

As recently as fifteen years ago, the L-shaped colonnade at sleepy Parque Santa Lucía contained little more than some busts, historical plaques, and a series of boarded-up rooms. That slowly changed as the Centro flourished with a full-scale restaurant bo