#Mexico

Mayan names.Photo: by permission of Eva Chaire, October 2013.

Mrs Rosa Yam showing a hipil.

The dough is wrapped in banana leaves.

Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.

Wooden cross on top of bones.

Mr Rafael Pérez Novelo in his bakery ‘Pomuch’s Bread’.

Bones exposed at the cemetery in a family ossuary. Photo: by permission of Eva Chaire, October 2013.

Image of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.

De Luca’s Restaurant in Pittsburgh on a Sunday morning.

The main entrance to the New York Public Library at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, with one of its two famous lions.

The piña is the fibrous, sugar-filled heart of the agave plant. A pile of them awaits the processing that will turn them into tequila at the historic headquarters of a leading producer. Most of the firm’s production, however, takes place in a modern distillery.

The Bar Mataderos, adjacent to the site of the well-known Feria de Mataderos in a working-class neighbourhood of Buenos Aires: recognition of its heritage value has not affected the décor.

One of the family chapels of Tolimán: 18th century wall paintings and contemporary stewards.

Bogotá’s San Alejo flea market is patrimony of cultural and touristic interest: the sign even says so.

Books, coasters, and leaflets are part of the marketing support the government of Buenos Aires provides for bars, cafés, and other establishments judged to have heritage value.