Discovery Atlas: Mexico Revealed / Атлас Дискавери: Мексика (2006) [ReUp]

Stars: Edward James Olmos, Sebastian Feldman

Born in the wake of empire, conquest and revolution, Mexico today is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world. Its capital city the second largest after Tokyo is bursting with 20 million people and rivals the whole of Australia in population. The story of Mexico is a story of faith and family, ritual and tradition. Mexico is home to the New World's largest Catholic Church and diocese, where 90 percent of Mexicans call themselves Catholic. Yet nothing can be less orthodox than rituals celebrating the dead or spectacles honoring their patron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe. Deep in the heartland, the largest indigenous community in the Americas practice rituals that hearken back to ancient Mayan beliefs.
Take a journey into the heart of the ancient and the modern, the restless and the pristine with the unique people of Mexico as your guide. Iris Alvarez, a young female cliff diver, attempts her highest dive yet; Maria Nemfi celebrates her husband's memory on the Day of the Dead; Hombre Sin Nombre is a masked wrestler in search of a new name; and Martha Ortiz, a sorceress and artist with food as her medium.