MEXICALIA
Den mexicanske troldmandsby
VICE tog til Catemaco for at overvære nogle ritualistiske slagtninger af høns, hidkalde dæmoner og mødes med nogle af byens mest respekterede troldmænd.
Mexico's Land of Sorcerers
We went down to Catemaco, Mexico—the Disneyland of satanic tourists—to check out all the chicken killing, voodoo dolls, and spirit possessions the town had to offer.
The Mexican Town That Fist Fights to Summon Rain
Indigenous people in La Esperanza, Guerrero, have the very lovely tradition of beating the shit out of each other in order to ask the gods for a good rainy season.
Playing Soccer in One of Mexico's Most Dangerous Barrios
We went there to watch a soccer game between one of Tepito's best known teams and Las Gardenias, a team made up by trans people who live in the barrio.
The Miraculous Life of El Niño Fidencio
Niño Fidencio and his legendary healing abilities may not be officially recognized by the Catholic Church, but 40,000 people gather in a small Mexican village each year to celebrate the unofficial saint.
In Search of Hallucinogenic Toads
VICE Mexico went looking for Bufo alvarius, a toad species that contains a high dosage of the hallucinogen 5-MEO-DMT in its body.
Jagten på tudsen med hallucinogener i kroppen
VICE Mexico var en tur i Sonoraørkenen for at lede efter Bufo alvarius-tudsen, som indeholder et meget højt niveau af hallucinogenet 5-MEO-DMT i sin krop.
Mexican Narco Music Is the Soundtrack to the War on Drugs
Mexico's narcocorrido music genre and subculture openly celebrates the most extreme aspects of the country's drug war.
Mexican Narco Music Is the Soundtrack to the War on Drugs
Mexico's narcocorrido music genre and subculture openly celebrates the most extreme aspects of the country's drug war.
Mexican Narco Music Is the Soundtrack to the War on Drugs
Mexico's narcocorrido music genre and subculture openly celebrates the most extreme aspects of the country's drug war.
Byen, hvor de tæver løs på hinanden for at få regnvejr
VICE besøger La Esperanza, en lille landsby i den mexicanske delstat Guerrero, der afholder masseslåskamp med nabobyen en gang om året, så guderne vil give dem regnvejr.
Mexican Muslims
VICE Mexico traveled to Chiapas, Mexico, to meet Cheb Cheb Ibrahim, one of the first Mexican Indians to convert to Islam and a member of the only indigenous Muslim community in Mexico.