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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, July 1, 2015

12NewsNow.Com Mexican woman says Jesus appeared to her in a tortilla 12NewsNow.Com OAXACA, Mexico — The Lord works in mysterious ways. In 1531 the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared to a peasant named Juan Diego on a hillside on ...


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Mexican woman says Jesus appeared to her in a tortilla
OAXACA, Mexico — The Lord works in mysterious ways. In 1531 the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared to a peasant named Juan Diego on a hillside on ...

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Posted: Jun 29, 2015 5:34 PM PDT

 Courtesy Fusion News

OAXACA, Mexico — The Lord works in mysterious ways. In 1531 the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared to a peasant named Juan Diego on a hillside on the outskirts of Mexico City — a “miracle” that helped the Catholic Church convert thousands in the Aztec nation.

Now Jesus has returned…in the form of a tortilla.

That's according to Enedina Mendoza, who makes tlayudas, crispy corn tortillas served with toppings, in the town Tlalixtac de Cabrera, in the southern state of Oaxaca. She says Jesus appeared to her in a tortilla earlier this month.


The apparition occurred just days before the annual party to honor the patron saint of the village Santiago Apostol. Mendoza says she initially decided not to attend the festivities, prompting an argument with her pious sister.

As the two women argued, Mendoza says she noticed one of her tortillas was refusing to brown. Upon closer examination, she saw the face of Jesus looking back at her from the tortilla. She snatched it up from the hot oil and proclaimed, “I have Jesus Christ in my hands, I have Jesus Christ in my hands!”



Mendoza is one of thousands of people who claim to have witnessed a religious apparition. In recent years, the face of Jesus has been seen around the globe in everything from a Cheeto and piece of toast, to a dumpling, a frying pan, an orange, and even a dog's behind.

According to some skeptics and psychologists, the apparitions are related to a phenomenon called pareidolia, when a vague visual or sound stimuli is perceived as a known image or sound. Seeing images in planets, clouds, trees, shadows are usually people's minds playing tricks on them, making correlations and associations with images they already know. They are unmistakably powerful experiences for the Christian faithful.



Mexico, being a devoutly Catholic country, has had many recorded apparitions of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. There's also been numerous claims of virgin figurines crying blood.

Mendoza believes the appearance she witnessed was a clear sign from God telling her to attend the town's religious festivals.

The miraculous tortilla is now enshrined on an altar in her house, on display for free for all to come see and pay their respects. Mendoza claims she won't sell it and from now on will look twice before biting into a tlayuda.