Ceremony

Category Name:  Mexico

Music in Tepoztlán

Don Karp, October 3 2025

Perhaps the variety of music is one of the attributes that draw people from other countries to relocate to Mexico. I was drawn by the culture of family and community, instead of work and shopping that predominates in the US. The glue that holds together the community are its fiestas, and that includes music. Here we'll explore how music is...

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Culture

Sacred Fire Community

Don Karp, January 30 2021

Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico. The Tuki is the  temple where Sacred Fires are held on moon and sun cycles. "Around the world, at the Sacred Fire, people take part in one of humanity’s oldest traditions—sitting together around a fire."

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Places

Equinox Ceremony at Finger Rock

Don Karp, October 31 2020

Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico. Finger Rock. Photo by author On September 22, the day of the fall equinox, I hiked alone into the mountains near where I live, in Tepoztlán, to honor the transition of seasons. I gave the rock protuberance that juts up two stories high from the forest floor the name "Finger Rock," because that's what it looks like to...

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