ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) — There are few corners of the globe where the echoes of mariachi music have yet to reach, filling street corners with the sounds of the blasting trumpets and strumming guitars that form the backbone of Mexico’s traditional genre.
Now, all that festive fever is being packed into a tiny US postage stamp.
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