What are the traditions of Yucatan: Riviera Maya, Playa del Carmen, Cancun, Merida, etc?

If we are going to talk about tradition in Yucatan, the first thing that is always put in front of everything else is family and church. Most of the traditions here and that are ingrained deep in their lives are built around family and church.
 
When we first got here, I would notice impromptu parades starting out of nowhere and all of a sudden you will see people gathering and walking around the square a couple of times with some palm fronds and the Lady of Guadalupe statue,...

If we are going to talk about tradition in Yucatan, the first thing that is always put in front of everything else is family and church. Most of the traditions here and that are ingrained deep in their lives are built around family and church.
 
When we first got here, I would notice impromptu parades starting out of nowhere and all of a sudden you will see people gathering and walking around the square a couple of times with some palm fronds and the Lady of Guadalupe statue, which is a Mother Mary statue. It would be another holiday.
 
Everything that they do in their lives revolves around church and family. Mexico is incredible. I lived in the US, where you would always see moms with their babies in carriages and dads are always off doing what dads do. You come to Mexico and the very first thing that you would notice is that the dad carrying the baby. The wife may be doing something else or walking next to him holding hands but it’s always the man holding the baby. Mexico is an entire nation that is built on family. Every tradition that they have is built on family. It is so refreshing.  It’s like walking back to the 1960s in Mayberry RFD. It’s unusual and I wish I could have moved here 10 years earlier.  

 

(Our Lady of Guadeloupe, the Virgin Mary appearing before the peasant Juan Pedro, Mexico, pictured.)