Mexico, especially the ancient capital ... Mexicans themselves had a phrase for it: “The dance of the millions.” Next month, for the first time in Mexican history, the National Lottery ...

Thousands of Mexicans dance on Reforma Avenue, in the heart of the capital Mexico City, to welcome in the New Year, 2025.

The day marks the appearance of the Virgin Mary to St. Juan Diego, a poor indigenous peasant, in a vision in 1531 in what today is Mexico. The matachines dance became directly tied to the celebration.