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Dance of the Old Men in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 14 April 2012
It looks like Carnival. Some people call it Carnival. But, it isn’t. El Baile de los Viejos — Dance of the Old Men — is an ancient annual Zapotec pre-Hispanic tradition.
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Carnival in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca: Continued
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 11 April 2012
Carnival in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca is a five-day festival that begins on the Monday after Easter. Why is this? Carnival is celebrated around the world, and other places in Mexico and Oaxaca before Lent begins.
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Carnival in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 10 April 2012
Carnival is a Catholic festival traditionally celebrated before Lent, six weeks before Easter. In Mexico it combines masquerade, dancing, music and mucho mezcal and is usually a two-day event that goes long into the night.
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Photography Portrait of An Aging Weaver: Keeping the Traditions
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 9 April 2012
Secundino Bazan Mendoza is eighty-five years old. He is the subject of today’s Oaxaca, Mexico portrait photography session along with his wife Rosa Rosa Bazan and adult daughter Ester. This was pure serendipity.
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Oaxaca Portrait Photography Workshop: Added Blessings
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 8 April 2012
This is Day Six of our program! Between Good Friday and Easter Sunday was Saturday, a day of rest and reflection for the pueblo of Teotitlan del Valle. There was only one five o’clock mass and no processions.
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Oaxaca Portrait Photography Session with Weaver Federico Chavez Sosa and Family
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 7 April 2012
It’s Good Friday and our fifth portrait photography workshop day. Between the “on the fly” street photography of village life and religious processions, we visited the home and studio workshop of master weaver Federico Chavez Sosa in Teotitlan del Valle.
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Portrait Photography Workshop in Oaxaca: Good Friday–Day Five
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 7 April 2012
Today, we are immersed in the reverence and solemnity of Good Friday, moving along with the crowds to photograph the religious and social rituals that are part of this important day.
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Portrait Photography Workshop: Maundy Thursday in Oaxaca
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 6 April 2012
Semana Santa, the Easter season in Oaxaca, is magical and mystical. It is especially so in Teotitlan del Valle where traditional Zapotec practices blended with Catholic ritual offer photographers an exceptional workshop experience.
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Lunes Santos Procession Celebrates Easter Monday
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 2 April 2012
Lunes Santos, also known as Holy Monday or Easter Monday, is part of the Semana Santa week celebration in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca.
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Rhythms of Making Mole Rojo with Josefina Ruiz Vazquez
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 30 March 2012
We are in the garden at Las Granadas Bed and Breakfast in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca. A huge pomegranate (las granadas) tree is laden with ripening fruit.
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Recipe: Making Authentic Mole Rojo in Teotitlan del Valle
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 29 March 2012
My Australian friend Tracey Ponting came back through Oaxaca this week on her way from San Cristobal de las Casas to Distrito Federal and on to England to visit her parents.
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Was Malia Obama in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca today?
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 21 March 2012
I am going to posit a guess that Malia Obama was in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca today with her classmates.
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The Season for Blue Corn in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 2 March 2012
This morning I awaken to the smell of the wood fire. The smoke drifts through the air like a voice into my sleeping room, calling me. Magdalena is at the outdoor comal preparing tortillas.
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Oaxaca: Beauty is Everywhere — And It’s Safe, Too
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 22 February 2012
Oaxaca is beautiful and safe, says Elliot Stoller, who visited in December 2011. He recently wrote to me and ordered the self-guided tour map of Teotitlan del Valle to prepare for his trip next year.
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Tribute to the Women of Oaxaca by Lila Downs. Disfruta bien! Enjoy!
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 14 February 2012
“Era importante para mí hacer un tributo a algunas mujeres de mi país que muelen maíz y lo llevan al canto y lo celebran como un milagro que a mí me ha inspirado mucho para poder seguir caminando y cantando.” … Continue reading →
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From the Pueblo to Oaxaca: 30 Minutes and Worlds Apart
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 26 January 2012
This week I took a walk to Macuilxochitl, the next village over and located perhaps two miles from Teotitlan del Valle (TDV) along an unpaved road that spurs off from TDV’s main thoroughfare near the middle school.
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In The New York Times: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 12 January 2012
Que milagro! The New York Times features Oaxaca Cultural Navigator in its 36 Hours: Oaxaca, Mexico article written by travel writer Freda Moon. The Travel section story on Oaxaca, the first to be published about the city since 2007, appeared … Continue reading →
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Day of the Three Kings: Wise Men Bring Gifts to Children
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 10 January 2012
For our photojournalism workshop we arranged a visit to a local family who have two young daughters, Paula Sarai, age six, and Mayra Belen age three.
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Photo Diaries: Blending Photography and Prose
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 3 January 2012
What is photojournalism? Our workshop instructor June Finfer, Chicago documentary filmmaker/photographer/playwright explains it this way: It is making a picture, capturing the connection, creating something out of what you are feeling as you go beyond the surface of what you … Continue reading →
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Portraits of Las Cuevitas: Caves of Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 2 January 2012
After an incredible meal of sopa de verduras (vegetable soup) seasoned with hierba santa (a green leaf with a faint scent of licorice), mole negro (black spicy chocolate sauce) with chicken, traditional tamales stuffed with chicken and mole amarillo (red-orange … Continue reading →
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Happy New Year 2011 from Oaxaca: Prospero Ano Nuevo
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 31 December 2011
This is a perfect, balmy day, clear with a light breeze, cool in the shadows, warm in the sun.
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Oaxaca Portrait Photography Workshop: Connecting with Your Subject
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 29 November 2011
Arrive Monday, April 2 and depart Monday, April 9, 2012 — Semana Santa, Holy Week in Oaxaca, Mexico — 8 Days, 7 Nights Creating a great portrait requires a combination of recognizing good light, applying technical skill and aesthetic judgment, … Continue reading →
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Pablo Neruda 2011 Prize Finalist Inspired at Oaxaca Women’s Creative Writing + Yoga Retreat
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 11 November 2011
Poet Katie Kingston was selected as a 2011 Finalist for the Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize for her poem written during our Women’s Creative Writing and Yoga Retreat in Oaxaca.
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A Walk in the Campo–Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca Countryside
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 5 November 2011
A day in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, is not complete without a walk in the country. Today was one of those glorious days with a bit of overcast and briskness in the air. A perfect day for exploring the campo. … Continue reading →
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Day of the Dead 2011 Photography Workshop: Best of Week Fiesta
Blog: Oaxaca Cultural Navigator - 4 November 2011
Every good party in Oaxaca starts with Coronitas and mescal. Our final celebration and photography show for our Best of Week shots was no different!
