Fruit stand with mango and papaya, Paracho, Michoacán. A large cup of fruit, served with fresh-squeezed limón, salt, and chile if you like, costs 10 pesos (about 80 cents US at today's exchange rate). The bees are always free.
Artisans from Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, prepared papel picado (cut paper) banners for a Semana Santa (Holy Week) exhibition of antique religious art in Morelia.
Menta (in this case, apple mint–menta sauveolens) growing against old bricks at the Colegio Culinario de Morelia. It was planted several years ago by Guillermo Lara Góngora, the English-language teacher at the CCM.
Devil dance mask, Tocuaro, Michoacán.
Caldo de pollo (Mexican-style chicken soup), on the hoof. The butcher will use his machete to cut off all the claws for you; the well-washed feet add color and flavor to your chicken broth.
Flowers float in a Morelia fountain at twilight.
Detail of hand-embroidered rebozo (long rectangular shawl) from Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán.
Creating a basket from huinumo (pine needles), Opopeo, Michoacán.
Two colors of masa (corn dough), one metate (grinding stone). Uruapan, Michoacán.
Two beautiful young women from Paracho, Michoacán show off the hand-cross stitched guanengos (blouses) they created for a wedding.
Michoacán, for the joy of life.
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