Visit these three destinations where there are specialists that guide you through a spiritual cleansing that help to restore your mojo with positive energy. Catemaco [Veracruz] For decades, Catemaco, a town located in the south of the state of Veracruz, is one of the places with the highest concentration of sorcerers, who have made this...Read More

A traditional Oaxaca wedding fills you with the identity and culture of Oaxaca that many have forgotten, the wedding traditions reflect the history and culture of the area and remind people of where they come from, what they are, and above all, that they are part of that history and culture. Grab a live turkey,...Read More

Watch the art and creativity reflected in the fine touches given to each of the pieces made, with love and dedication, by the inhabitants of the six communities that make up the Ruta Mágica de las Artesanías (Magic Route of Handicrafts). Attests to the artesanal processes of the great Oaxacan masters who conserve and transmit...Read More

Huautla de Jiménez, town among the clouds and home of the Mazatecs, who invite you to participate in their ancient traditions. Live the experience of knowing their language, songs, dances and traditional medicine heritage of the famous Maria Sabina, Priestess of the mushrooms. Huautla de Jiménez is a municipality in the district of Teotitlán in...Read More

Since pre-Columbian times, clay has been a material highly prized by Mexicans for the use of pieces for utilitarian, decorative or rituals, raw material worked with such mastery and with a great diversity of techniques and finishes. In the central valleys of Oaxaca the Zapotecs and the Mixtecs worked the so-called black pottery, but it...Read More

The state of Oaxaca has finalized the details for Guelaguetza 2018 so that once again it can break new records for national and foreign tourists to Oaxaca’s largest annual event. As every year, in Cerro del Fortín, the different delegations that comprise the eight regions: Cañada, Costa, Istmo, Mixteca, Papaloapan Basin Region, Sierra Sur, Sierra...Read More

The art of Oaxaca pottery will be on exhibit at the Franz Mayer Museum, through an exhibition consisting of 150 pieces made by 75 families from more than 35 villages of Oaxaca. It exhibit is called “Barro y fuego. El arte de la alfarería en Oaxaca” (Mud and fire. The art of pottery in Oaxaca)...Read More

As part of International Museum Day – celebrated every May 18 – the General Directorate of Cultures called on Oaxacans to visit the attractions that protect and preserve history, traditions and art of region. This year the International Council of Museums (ICOM, for its acronym in English) proposed as a guiding theme “Hyper-connected museums: new...Read More

  A little on the history of the Alebrijes of Oaxaca: Its origin is due to a strange dream that Pedro Linares had when he became seriously ill in his early 30’s. Hanging between life and death, Linares could not avoid suffering from hallucinations, one of which allowed him years later to become one of...Read More

Just outside of Oaxaca City, there survives a pottery town made up of 5,781 inhabitants who, despite their extreme poverty, still fight to sustain an activity inherited from centuries ago: the Oaxaca green pottery. A scarce 9 kilometers to the northwest of Oaxaca City, located between plain and mountain, rests the colorful town of Santa...Read More