In Oaxaca there are diverse cultures, all of them very important and they give diversity to the cultures, food and handcrafts of Oaxaca. Some of them stand out because of their level of development in the past, like zapotec and the one that I´m going to talk about today: the mixtec. ORIGINS As the zapotecs, […]
Tag: HISTORY
THE MEZCAL, WHAT IT IS AND HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM TEQUILA?
The gastronomy of Oaxaca will never cease to surprise us, from the most traditional dishes to the most innovating dishes, there is food and drinks for all tastes. Today I will tell you about an emblematic drink of Oaxaca and México: THE MEZCAL. WHAT IS MEZCAL? The mezcal is an distilled alcoholic drink made from […]
THE ALEBRIJES, DREAMS COME TRUE
The most fantastic dream can come true, and alebrijes are a sample of this. They are mystical figures product of the artist’s imagination, full of color, and mixing elements of various animals, whether real or mystical. Learn about their origin, and more in this post. WHERE, HOW AND WHEN DID ALEBRIJES ARRISE? The basis for […]
THE SECRETS OF RED CLAY POTTERY
Oaxaca has diversity of clays, one of them mentioned in the last post the black clay, in Oaxaca there is also green and red, the red clay is done in San Marcos Tlapazola, in this post I tell you about it. The red clay is not the only one in Oaxaca like black and green, […]
THE BLACK CLAY (BARRO NEGRO), THE ESSENTIAL CLAY OF OAXACA?
Oaxaca is full of culture, gastronomy, nature, color and art, a very traditional style of art and very known in Oaxaca is the black clay, in this post I am going to tell you about this incredible type of clay made with hands of oaxacan craftsmen. THE BLACK CLAY IS THE ONLY TYPE OF CLAY […]
THE ZAPOTEC CULTURE
There are a lot of cultures in Oaxaca, that makes it multicultural, one of them is the Zapotec culture that with the Mixtec are the most famous. ORIGINS The Zapotecs are the most old group of Oaxaca, this culture surged and had their apogee in the Central Valleys but they also inhabited in other big […]
THE CORN TORTILLA, A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF MEXICAN GASTRONOMY
The fundamental part of Mexican gastronomy is tortilla, with this we do a lot of dishes. ORIGINS Corn has been a very important element in pre-hispanic culture and gastronomy, Mayan people believed that we were made of corn, and there were gods of corn in the pre-hispanic Mesoamerican cultures. There are proves of the beginning […]
TYPES OF TOURISTS
When we travel we do tourism, because we stay in a hotel, we go to eat in a restaurant, we hire a guide, or we plan the trip through a travel agency. But did you know that there are different types of tourists? Yes, there are different types of tourists and what are they? COSMOPOLITAN […]
HOW DID CHRISTMAS CAME TO OAXACA?
Christmas arrived in Oaxaca and in general in Mexico by the Spaniards, since it is a tradition of the old continent. The true meaning of Christmas is the birth of Jesus, the word comes from the Latin nativitas meaning birth. Christmas was implemented as part of the indigenous evangelization, and curiously coincided with the Aztec […]