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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Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Imagine this

This is one of the big canastas that was carried in the calenda in Tlacolula last Friday.
It takes a couple of men to lift it to place it on the head of the woman who will be carrying it.
Look at that full extension. Now it's time to process and dance with the thing. 
As with the marmotas, it takes years of practice and then many calendas to be able to do this. They do start young.
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1 comment:

Gabby Garcia said...

Thanks a lot for share it ..!! I've already sent you an email ...!!

October 17, 2014 at 10:51 PM

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