APRIL 2000
Sometimes it's so hard to get inspired...
T'is the season of the "holy week" or Semana Santa, a time when many well-off Yucatecans who practice the Catholic faith (and there are quite a few who loudly profess to doing so)  print up some snazzy T-shirts, wear fashion-coordinated shorts and headgear along with the Oakley sunglasses and a prominent gold cross around their neck, and head off into the pueblos surrounding Merida to "spread the word" and shower the villagers with brotherly love.

happy villagers cavorting with Merida's goodwill ambassadors

Las Colectas
collecting donations for the less fortunate among us,
but they better not dress better than us...
Como Una Dama
Not my writing, but My thoughts exactly
by caton, author of the newspaper column "Mirador"
In Spanish Only (reproduced without permission)

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Culture in Merida
Celebrating Merida,
Capital Americana de la Cultura
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