A Taste of Oaxaca in Taos, New Mexico: Master Zapotec Weaver, Florentino Gutierrez Gives Weaving Demonstration

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Florentino Gutierrez Master Zapotec Indian Weaver
Flo­renti­no Gutier­rez Mas­ter Zapotec Indi­an Weaver ©John Lamkin

Flo­renti­no Gutier­rez, not­ed weaver of Zapotec hand­made rugs, will be giv­ing a weav­ing demon­stra­tion show­ing the tra­di­tion­al way of the cen­turies old Zapotec Indi­an weav­ing tech­nique Sat­ur­day and Sun­day, Octo­ber 2nd and 3rd, 2010. Starr Inte­ri­ors will be host­ing this spe­cial event in their court­yard at 117–119 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, New Mex­i­co two doors south of the his­toric Taos Inn.
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A Visit to Teotitlan

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A Visit to Teotitlan

Two Women at Teotitlan Market - Oaxaca Mexico
Two Women in Teoti­t­lan Mar­ket, Oax­a­ca Mex­i­co ©John Lamkin

A Vis­it to Teoti­t­lan by John Lamkin

Near­ly 40 years ago, I bumped along the pot-holed high­way south out of Oax­a­ca City, Mex­i­co to get to the Zapotec Indi­an weav­ing vil­lage of Teoti­tlán del Valle, an enclave of dirt streets and mea­ger houses–with earth floors, out­door kitchens and out­hous­es. The only school had but three grades, and there was very lit­tle elec­tric­i­ty. Con­tin­ue read­ing →