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Meet bakers in Teopisca

14/08/202127/04/2024Monika

It is 01:00 in the morning, in a house located in the Zaragoza neighborhood. The alarm of a clock sounds: it is the signal that a long day will begin. Family members and neighbors gather outside the bakery, waiting for the gate
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Experiencias Chiapas
Indigenous villages, Traditional Festivals

Celebrations of Santiago Apostol in Amatenango

21/07/202122/07/2021Monika

The church of San Francisco is still closed. The damage caused by the earthquake has not yet been repaired. That is not an impediment for people to gather in the atrium of the Church, since on one side the religious images of
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Experiencias Chiapas tour to Amatenango
Indigenous villages, Life stories

Potter women from Amatenango: part 2

14/07/202126/07/2021Monika

Together we can achieve great changes, local consumption, do not ask for discounts, be fair to value the handcraft made with love! More photos here ▶▶▶ Albertina and Maria received support from some government programs, thanks to which they were able to
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Potter-women from Amatenango: part 1

11/07/202126/07/2021Monika

Albertina and Maria are two artisans from Amatenango del Valle. Like many women in this place, they learned to make pieces of clay since they were children, imitating what their mother did. They played with the clay making little figures – for
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Juana Amatenango
Indigenous villages, Life stories

Juana Gomez, woman of the jaguar

27/12/202027/12/2020Monika

Amatenango del Valle located about 50 minutes from SAN CRISTOBAL, Chiapas, is known as the CAPITAL OF POTTERY. Pottery in Amatenango is an activity and skill that has been transmitted from generation to generation. It is said that the knowledge comes from
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chamula dia de muertos
Indigenous villages, Traditional Festivals

The bells of San Juan Chamula

06/11/202006/11/2020Monika

It is the first of November and the bells ring very early. The rhythmic melody that you will hear, is accompanied by feelings that fill the inhabitants of Chamula with joy and nostalgia. The indigenous authorities, in a very special ritual from
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Zinacantan Experiencias Chiapas
Indigenous villages, Traditional Festivals

Offerings on Day of Dead at Zinacantan

05/11/202005/11/2020Monika

At dawn, people get ready for a very special day. Brewing coffee to wake up, some beans with eggs and handmade tortillas: this breakfast is the beginning of a family tradition. The Itacate is ready, and so the family leaves home for
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Indigenous villages, Traditional Festivals

The ribbons of San Lorenzo Martir of Zinacantan

09/08/202027/04/2024Monika

Young and old gather outside the church of San Lorenzo, by faith or by custom people come to fulfill the tradition of their ancestors and honor the patron saint of Zinacantan. Under a white canvas roof, everything necessary to celebrate Mass has
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zinacantan
Indigenous villages, Life stories

Rosa de Zinacantan (part 2)

13/12/201909/01/2020Monika

Walking through the main square of Zinacantan, you can see the church of San Lorenzo Mártir.  It is one of the more than 50 temples affected in its structure by the earthquake of the September 2017. Restoration work continues, meanwhile a roof
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Indigenous villages, Life stories

Rosa de Zinacantan (part 1)

23/09/201909/01/2020Monika

“Upon arriving in San Cristobal, the first place where Rudy took me to visit was Zinacantan, or more precisely, Rosa’s house. They dressed me as a Zinacanteca, they made me make tortilla and we took pictures to which I always return with
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