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SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - JANUARY 20, 2013: El Festival de la Calle San Sebastian 2013

The tradition of burning "the old man" (old year) is practiced around the globe. This video documents the traditional New Year's Eve burning of "the old man" in southern Mexico.

The tradition of burning "the old man" (old year) is practiced around the globe. This video documents the traditional New Year's Eve burning of "the old man" in southern Mexico.

During the last week of the year, young boys dress like women, play music with drums or kitchen utensils, and carry donation cans while pushing a dummy (el viejo), which represents the widows' dead husband which further represents the passing of the year.

The Rainbow Family participate in a group hymn at exactly 1:11 pm CST at the Palace of the Palenque ruins in Chiapas, Mexico at the conclusion of the Mayan calendar on December 21, 2012. Read my blog for all the details of my stay in Palenque on the last day of the Mayan calendar

A visit to the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City on the day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Millions of people make the pilgrimage here each year on December 12.

I meet local indigenous women who introduce me to their native language, Tzotzil.

There is no subsititute for REAL coconut water from a REAL coconut! Don't be fooled by slick marketing claims. "Natural" does not come in a manufactured bottle.

Prickly pears are a famiiar sight in the southwestern United States, and many other parts of the world. Today, we will go on a short outting and experience an easy way to harvest this delicious fruit, and then prepare it for consumption. Enjoy!