OAXACA PHOTO GALLERY

Wood carver studio with unpainted animals Pretty Oaxaca courtyard near the zocalo

Talented artists explain wood carving, show unpainted animals.         Pretty fountain inside a courtyard patio, Oaxaca city.

Women in fancy embroidered huipiles for the Assumption FestivalMen with paper flags at Assumption festivities

Ladies in gala flowered huipiles and gold jewelry at fiesta.            Men in front of the colorful church after Assumption Mass, August 15.

Girl wearing huipil grande for Assumption festival; note her hand-embroidered outfitGirls parade with standards announcing their clubs and affiliations.

For the fiesta, this girl wears an elegant huipil grande.    Her friends parade with a standard announcing their club.

Embroiderer making skirt panelsHand-embroidered huipil in progress

Embroiderer works flowers on skirt panel on a frame.    Huipil front, embroidery in progress, stitched onto a frame to hold it taut.

Outdoor lobby area of Hotel Sotano in OaxacaSuperb cooks prepare lunch for our group while Cynthia looks on.

Front Patio at the peaceful and pretty Sotano Hotel, Oaxaca             Skilled cooks prepare lunch for our group; Cynthia wants the recipes!

Chloe Sayer and weaver in his studio, showing off a masterpieceWeavers untangle freshly dyed wool yarn for making rugs, Teotitlan del Valle, near Oaxaca

Chloe and weaver show off indigo masterpiece.         Mother and daughters wind and untangle newly cochineal-dyed yarn

Ready-made huipiles in Juchitan marketFireworks towers called Castillos light up the sky after the festival

Ready-made machine-embroidered festival huipiles in market.             Fireworks towers called Castillos light the sky at the end of Assumption.