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A little about Playa Zipolite, The Beach of the Dead . . .

Playa Zipolite, Oaxaca, Southern Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean. A little bit about my favorite little get-away on this small world of ours.

Zipolite, a sweaty 30-minute walk west from Puerto Angel, brings you to Playa Zipolite and another world. The feeling here is 1970's - Led Zep, Marley, and scruffy gringos.

A long, long time ago, Zipolite beach was usually visited by the Zapotecans...who made it a magical place. They came to visit Zipolite to meditate, or just to rest.

Recently, this beach has begun to receive day-trippers from Puerto Angel and Puerto Escondido, giving it a more TOURISTY feel than before.

Most people come here for the novelty of the nude beach, yoga, turtles, seafood, surf, meditation, vegetarians, discos, party, to get burnt by the sun, or to see how long they can stretch their skinny budget.

I post WWW Oaxaca, Mexico, Zipolite and areas nearby information. Also general budget, backpacker, surfer, off the beaten path, Mexico and beyond, information.

REMEMBER: Everyone is welcome at Zipolite.

ivan

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Mexico News Today Wednesday, April 7, 2021

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2021

Amnesty International report takes critical aim at human rights violations in Mexico

The NGO's latest assessment of the government's record cited several concerns regarding Mexicans' basic freedoms. FULL STORY

AMLO's Teflon: an opposition divided, masterful PR sense and a common touch

A 2019 diplomatic cable reveals that the US Embassy attributed the president's continuing appeal to disunited parties and to his political instincts. FULL STORY

Another empty Covid syringe; AMLO suggests incident was likely staged

A Mexico City senior citizen received an unfilled coronavirus vaccination shot on Friday, the second such incident in less than two weeks. FULL STORY

The battle for Aguililla: 27 believed killed in massacre by Jalisco cartel

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel may have slain nearly 30 rival gang members in the Michoacán town, which it's been fighting to control. FULL STORY

Funeral ceremony stunt makes for unique campaign kickoff in Ciudad Juárez

A candidate for federal deputy launched a bizarre election season opening in Chihuahua: rising from a coffin after a staged funeral procession. FULL STORY

Education Ministry's new textbooks seek to purge 'authoritarian discourse'

The books, to be written by teachers and teaching students with no experience penning them, must be completed and proofread in two weeks. FULL STORY

Carlos Slim tops Forbes' list of Mexico's richest people

Despite the pandemic, the mogul with fingers in many economic feet saw his net wealth increase 7.4% over the past year to US $ 55.93 billion. FULL STORY

Mercado Libre to invest US $ 1.1bn in Mexico this year

The Argentina-based e-commerce company said it will grow its storage and service capacity due to the boom in online shopping. FULL STORY

MEXICO LIFE

How an accident led to one Oaxacan woman's revival of a dying ancestral handcraft

Barro negro , or black clay pottery, might have disappeared forever from San Bartolo, Oaxaca, if not for one woman's ingenuity and good timing, Leigh Thelmadatter writes. FULL STORY

MEXICO LIFE

Mural project aims to educate residents about their town's unique history

Zuri Merlo and Iván Galeazzi are on a mission to create 15 paintings in the Puebla town of Chipilo that illustrate the town's story, Joseph Sorrentino writes. FULL STORY

Growth forecasts trending upwards: analysts predict 4.53% while IMF says 5%

Both the International Monetary Fund and private-sector experts consulted by the Bank of México have revised their GDP predictions upwards. FULL STORY

Remittances continue growing; February up 16%

Remittances totaled US $ 3.17 billion in February, the 10th consecutive month in which payments sent to Mexico, mostly by migrants, have risen. FULL STORY

Mexico's raw sewage still polluting California beaches

As much as 151 million liters of contaminated water currently flows each day into the San Diego area via the Tijuana River. FULL STORY

Ex-mayor of embattled Michoacán town arrested by Guatemalan authorities

Following the detainment last week of the former Mexican politician, prosecutors in the United States unveiled an indictment against him. FULL STORY

Court finds Catholic priest guilty of 2019 homicide

Mexico City clergyman Francisco Javier Bautista Ávalos will be sentenced Thursday. The victim's family is seeking the maximum 50-year penalty. FULL STORY
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16 dead after bus and van collide on Sonora highway

Another 14 were also injured after a motor vehicle accident at dawn in the municipality of Caborca. FULL STORY 

16-year-old loses leg after Guerrero police open fire 

After the state officers shot at the youth Friday, doctors had to amputate the limb due to the severity of the wound. FULL STORY

'I didn't like to cook:' Chepina Peralta was first woman in LatAm to host television cooking show

The TV, radio and YouTube celebrity chef, who never studied cooking yet was for years a household name, has passed away. FULL STORY

OPINION

Mexican women are sick of turning the other cheek. Who can blame them?

Sarah Davies would argue that women have been playing nice to get equality and justice for millennia now. And just how well has that worked, she asks. FULL STORY

MEXICO LIFE

Mexico's contemporary authors find fertile symbolic ground in ghosts

Literary scholar Carolyn Wolfenzon's new book investigates how many of the nation's more recent writers share the theme of specters in their work, Rich Tenorio writes. FULL STORY

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Nice mercury wednesday🌞✨ Welcome to practice Kundalini Yoga on the seashore 🌊✨💫. We will do a warm-up, Kriya, and relaxation to prepare to enter a state of deep meditation. Live this wonderful experience and awaken to your creative energy, connect with your inner teacher💜🙏✨. See you this afternoon at 6:30 pm on the beach, in front of Shambhala Vision (@ shambhala.vision). Welcome Sat Nam 💜🙏✨🧚🏻‍♀️

 Nice mercury wednesday

🌞✨
Welcome to practice Kundalini Yoga on the seashore 🌊✨💫. We will do a warm-up, Kriya, and relaxation to prepare to enter a state of deep meditation.
Live this wonderful experience and awaken to your creative energy, connect with your inner teacher💜🙏✨.
See you this afternoon at 6:30 pm on the beach, in front of Shambhala Vision (@ shambhala.vision).
Welcome
Sat Nam 💜🙏✨🧚🏻‍♀️



Sergio Valencia Zuñiga 30m · How about zipolite friends, I am ZERVAZU a dj from the state of Puebla and I will be giving a dj set on Friday April 9th ​​along with national talent and I hope to see you at this beach party; Location: Zipolite Island Pd: If you see me, do not hesitate to say hello and we have a drink 🥴 Mi SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mAukfRHLirvyk66j6

 

How about zipolite friends, I am ZERVAZU a dj from the state of Puebla and I will be giving a dj set on Friday April 9th ​​along with national talent and I hope to see you at this beach party;
Location: Zipolite Island
Pd: If you see me, do not hesitate to say hello and we have a drink 🥴

🏝️😷 In #Zipolite the waves are more feared than the # Covid19, but they abandon lifeguards on "the beach of the dead."

 

🏝️😷 In #Zipolite the waves are more feared than the # Covid19, but they abandon lifeguards on "the beach of the dead."

A ceremonial center that became a nude beach.

 https://mas-mexico.com.mx/zipolite-oaxaca/

Zipolite, Oaxaca.

A ceremonial center that became a nude beach.

Playa Zipolite is a Mexican town belonging to the municipality of San Pedro Pochutla, in the state of Oaxaca.

Located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, 3 kilometers from Puerto Ángel and 230 kilometers from Oaxaca de Juárez.

There are many versions of the origin of its name, however, the strongest is that they say that the Zapotecs buried their dead here.

They were brought from hundreds of miles away.

It is also considered the "place of the snails".

This place was considered as a ceremonial center of the same culture.

Thousands of turtles came to these beaches to lay their young.

This was interpreted by the ancient apotheques as the beginning and constant renewal of life.  

After the conquest, Zipolite was deserted while, in its neighboring town, Puerto Ángel, it became a port where goods arrived in smaller boats.

At the beginning of the 20th century, families settled in Zipolite and it began to populate exponentially.

This, because visitors from nearby areas gathered to observe the total solar eclipse.

The people who had attended to see this natural phenomenon were mostly “hippies”.

This is how they started swimming and sunbathing without clothes, thanks to their motto "love and peace" and to the rhythm of rock and roll.

It was then that the first Mexican nudist beach was inaugurated.

Currently this beach is known internationally because it is a legal and safe nudist beach.

Throughout the year it is possible to participate in nudist events and also activities such as walks, yoga, etc.

Finally, Zipolite becomes an open sea beach where walking naked is its best tourist attraction.

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