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It's warming up here in Oaxaca and the bugamvilia and flamboyan blossoms are filling the sunny gardens and patios. It's 88 degrees today with a bright blue sky. In this early Spring issue of the newsletter,we focus on some of the newness in Oaxaca: the young village weavers who are staying and offering new creative ideas to the traditions of their families, as well as those that leave and come back again.
We have an article about replenishment of Oaxaca's earth and the resistance to it, as well as an article on the lush land in the Bays of Huatulco. And lastly, we have good practical advise about staying healthy while you're here on a visit.
| A Fresh Breeze in Huatulco - Las Brisas |
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 Fifty acres of lush tropical beach front property lay dormant for almost two years when Club Med decided to pull up stakes in Huatulco. That is, until the Las Brisas group decided to rescue it.
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| From Oaxaca to UCLA: Part 1 |
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 It has been a long search, but Felipe Lopez has found himself. From the maize fields of Oaxaca, he has crossed a desert and a border; he has spent time in Los Angeles kitchens and stuffy night school classrooms; he has been rejected by his countrymen and welcomed by foreigners. A Zapotec Indian, he abandoned his native language in favor of English, and later Spanish. Now, a doctoral student at UCLA and co-author of the first Zapotec-English-Spanish dictionary, he has come full circle.
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| Oaxaca's Johnny Appleseed |
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 "This land is worthless," they say. In many ways, they are right: With the topsoil gone, there is little you can do with the rotten tepetate, or limestone, that is left. But one evening I met Oaxaca's Johnny Appleseed at the Inifap establishment: Boone Hallberg, a U.S. botanist. Trees would turn Oaxaca into a paradise, something he was telling his students of the Technological Institute there. Pointing at a shrub, he exclaimed: "That tree could save Mexico!" It was a carob!
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| Staying Healthy in Oaxaca |
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 For many mothers in Juchitán it is much better to have a gay son than to have a daughter who sooner or later will leave the family. For the mothers of Juchitán, gay sons promise eternal company and support in the household duties and family businesses.
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Teotitlan -
The Next Generation |
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A fresh new creativity is blooming in the village of Teotitlan and a new generation of weavers is taking up the tradition of making rugs.
Like most of the younger weavers in the community they grew up at their parents' looms and while the youthful weavers embrace new ideas in their design, they look back generations for the rich hues and techniques of their ancestors.
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