Oaxaca Guelaguetza 2009 Extravaganza Extraordinaire
At 1:30 p.m. Eric dropped me and Janet off at the base of the amphitheatre for the 5 p.m. performance. We were warned to get there early to get a good seat. Even though we had purchased tickets in advance for a specific section, seating is general admission for the section. Ours was 1A izquierda […]
Graduation Fiesta at the Elementary School
We walked up to the Presa (reservoir) that day, it was a Friday, very early before it got too hot, and on the way back stopped by to say hello to Ester, Russio and their three girls–Jazmin, Ester and Rocio–who live in the house with the golden bull and the cackling guacalotes just in front […]
Dance of the Feather: Danza de la Pluma
Coming Wednesday, July 9, 2008, Teotitlan del Valle Nine young Zapotec men in their 20’s and 30’s bedecked in bold primary colors – red, green, yellow, black — and crowned with feathered headdresses the size of a large moon, leap and twirl into the air, shake rattles and raise a carved and painted wooden talisman […]