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Mexico City is a deliciously noisy place. Since arriving, I've been "collecting" the sounds of the city - people sweeping the streets in the morning, the Aztec dancers on the Zocalo, the boatmen paddling through the canals in the south of the city. You can take a mini sound vacation at my blog. My complete collection of audio clips at archive.org Purepecha 101 Learn some Purepecha with our guide, a local from Janitzio, one of the seven islands in Lake Patzcuaro in Michoacan, western Mexico. Everyone on the island is native Purepecha. The government estimates the total population at some 202,000 through the State of Michoacan, of which some 67% speak the language. |