There’s a sound in Santiago de Cuba that doesn’t exist anywhere else, and once a year the whole city is built around it. It comes from a Chinese cornet — a thin, nasal, almost painful horn that cuts over a wall of drums, brake…
Every traveler knows about Día de los Muertos — but Mexico’s calendar is a tapestry of celebrations that go far beyond that famous November spectacle. Each month, somewhere between the mountains and the coast, communities gather to dance, feast, and honor their roots in…