Manuel and Kristi! Manuel I miss you already.. |
And then there were fireworks for Jesus |
More spinning balls of fire for Jesus (this is Easter) |
Good Friday silent procession for Jesus (a statue of Jesus is carried out of all the churches around the city) |
embroidered landscape art of the church of Santo Domingo |
mural in a guitar school |
famous old aqueduct arches in Oaxaca by my house (they were in the Jack Black movie Noche Libre) |
silk and cotton traditional hupil dresses |
silk thread, those brown blobs in the upper right is unbleached cotton |
small bracelet looms |
on a backstrap loom (these portable thangies came before the Spanish brought the uprights that are mostly used today) |
Santo Domingo! |
On the walking street, Alacala |
silk scarf |
yum. |
more backstrap, silk backstrap weaving was sort of lost but some villages are working to bring the tradition back |
silk worms |
toilets. |
my intercambio! Romis. with our gelato |
my last elote....so sad. grilled corn on a stick with mayo, cheese, lime, salt, and chili |
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