It’s not every day that you find history, penitence, and high jinks converging in a swirling fiesta of lashing ropes, gleeful splashes, and a meme storm brewing online—all under the hot Mexican sun. Yet, year after year, in the delirious crescendo of Holy Week, towns across Mexico deliver...
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It’s that time of year again, when chocolate eggs and cottontail bunnies hop gleefully into our grocery baskets while, paradoxically, TV screens across the world witness the parted Red Sea, the trembling walls of ancient Jerusalem, and more sandals than a flip-flop convention. Welcome to Holy...
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There’s something positively electric in the air when Holy Week rolls around. For millions, it’s a moment of reflection and family. But let’s not kid ourselves—holy or not, Easter is also a time for food, frivolity, and an uncanny number of people who suddenly remember their distant...