Oaxaca-The Year After: Palm Sunday - Keeping the traditions alive

The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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Monday, April 15, 2019

Palm Sunday - Keeping the traditions alive

One of the many strengths evident in Oaxacan culture is how traditions are passed on to the young. People worry that these things will disappear over time, but because they are such a vital part of the social fabric and children are involved at such an early age, those traditions remain alive and well. And so it was in San Antonino Castillo Velasco this past Palm Sunday.