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PRESENTACION DE BANDA LA TRAKALOSA EN PUERTO ESCONDIDO OAXACA 2012 carbo111283·
carbo111283·Published on Dec 26, 2012
22 de diciembre 2012 en plaza de toros la costeñita se presento directamente de monterrey banda LA TRAKALOSA, EL PELON DEL MICROPHONE Y DJ MORPHIUS
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Zipolite, Mexico 27 December 2012
27 December 2012
Zipolite, Mexico 27 December 2012
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We had little to do except relax. Wake up. See the sunrise. Go for a nice relaxed run on the beach. Shower. Eat breakfast at one of the many restaurants on the beach. Go back to room, slather on sunscreen. Chat and chill on the hammocks on the balcony in front of our room. Be glad for our ocean view and the roar of the waves. Read on the beach. Jump around in the water when it's too hot. It's lunchtime. Ponder lunch. Sip watermelon juice and laugh, maybe order a pina colada or two and play a version of Drunk Mexican Scrabble. Back on the beach. Swim. Read. Talk. Laugh. Head for the hammocks in the shade if it's too hot. Buy hibiscus juice. Head upstairs for a shower before the sunset. Over to Posada Mexico for pina coladas and tapas. And then where is dinner? The sun sets beautifully over the rocks. Get dinner. Relax. Walk around in the streets, scanning the goods vendors have, trying not to bump into other diners and strollers. Up to the room. The roar of the ocean while reading before bed. And sleep. And let's do it again tomorrow. In a town of pure beauty and chill and guacamole...it's a great place to be.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Playa Zipolite Xmas 2012 Early morning stroll a la playa. Feliz Navidad a todos y todas. Don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission. © Barbara Dickie. All rights reserved.
Playa Zipolite Xmas 2012
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Playa Zipolite Xmas 2012. Early morning stroll a la playa. Feliz Navidad a todos y todas. Don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit ...
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Early morning stroll a la playa. Feliz Navidad a todos y todas.
Don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.
© Barbara Dickie. All rights reserved.
Don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.
© Barbara Dickie. All rights reserved.
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Playa Zipolite sunrise
Published on Dec 22, 2012
A beautiful sunrise on the beach of Zipolite in Mexico
Survived the Mayan apocalypse? Here come the Radish People
Survived the Mayan apocalypse? Here come the Radish People
Michael Benanav/NPR
While the rest of the world was in a tizzy over the Mayan apocalypse that wasn't, the residents of Oaxaca, Mexico, were busy preparing for the very real Coming of the Radish People.
This Sunday, they will descend upon Oaxaca's zocalo, or main plaza: giant root vegetables carved into human figures and other vivid forms.
Don't panic. This isn't some revenge-of-the-radish scenario. It's a sculpture contest. La Noche de Rabanos – Night of the Radishes – is a Christmastime Oaxaca tradition that marks its 115th anniversary this year.
Every year on Dec. 23, artisans from around the region show up early in the morning to set up stalls in the plaza and put the finishing touches on elaborate sculptures carved from radishes — not the petite, round ones we're used to in this country, but big, heavy radishes — some as big as 6 pounds and 20 inches long. More than 100 people havesigned up to compete in various categories in this year's contest, according to the Mexican daily El Universal. They'll be working with some 10 tons of raw material.
"It's sort of the spirit of the 4-H fair. You know, who has the biggest pumpkin or the biggest pig," says Tanya Kerssen, a researcher with Food First who has led food heritage tours of Oaxaca.
Given the timing, a lot of the sculptures are religiously themed: You'll find plenty of nacimientos, elaborate manger scenes depicting the birth of Jesus — a popular tradition in Latin America.
But there are also some distinctly secular visions. (Hmm ... Is that you, Mr. Bill?)
So how did carving up an edible root native to China become a beloved Oaxaca tradition?
"The whole thing began with the Spanish, mostly the priests," says Iliana de la Vega, the chef-owner of San Antonio'sEl Naranjo Restaurant, who has deep family ties to Oaxaca and has documented Mexican foodways.
When Spanish missionaries arrived in Oaxaca in the 16th century, they were recruiting converts not just to Christianity but also to the crops they'd brought along — including radishes, de la Vega says. As lore has it, the indigenous locals already had a pretty strong wood-carving tradition, so the Spanish said, hey, why not carve these radishes?
Eventually, the story goes, ravishing radish displays became a common marketing ploy — a way for farmers to catch the eyes of shoppers browsing stalls at the market in the town plaza. Oaxaca's mayor formalized the exhibitions in 1897, and cash prizes followed.
These days, the Night of the Radishes is serious business. Contestants register months in advance, and local authorities oversee the growing and harvesting of the radishes to make sure no one gets an unfair advantage. And there's serious money at stake: Last year's winner reportedly took home 15,000 pesos, or roughly U.S. $1,173 at the current exchange rate.
You might still fetch a little cash if yours loses — people like to buy them and take them home for holiday centerpieces.
Over the years, the event has become a major draw for tourists from around the world. When she was a little girl, de la Vega recalls, she and her family would run down to the market, check out the stalls and head back. "Now," she notes, "you've got to wait in long lines."
Copyright 2012 National Public Radio. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.
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