<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745946153035763068</id><updated>2012-02-10T02:48:35.456-08:00</updated><title type='text'>www.oaxacan.com.mx</title><subtitle type='html'>OAXACAN fue concebido con el propósito de poder ayudar a todos los artistas y artesanos que necesitan el impulso y la proyección nacional e internacional para poder promover su cultura y arte alrededor del mundo y a su vez que no abandonen sus tradiciones mágicas por no contar con el apoyo necesario.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goaxacan.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8745946153035763068/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goaxacan.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Oaxacan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07152151109767749046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='34' height='9' src='http://oaxacan.com.mx/store/includes/templates/classic/images/header_bg.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745946153035763068.post-2728684516951283367</id><published>2007-10-05T12:42:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-05T12:43:15.353-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Day of the Dead, Oaxaca</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;A SPLENDID RECEPTION IN TEOTITLAN DEL VALLE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The people of  Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, thirty kilometers from the state capital, are  widely recognized as exemplary hosts, and the souls who visit on Day of the Dead  receive a truly royal reception. Preparations for their welcome are in the  making for days, and beginning October 31, the villagers are already attending  spirits.&lt;br /&gt;The first to arrive are the angelitos – the souls of dead children –  on November 1. All Saints’ Day, given that angels and saints have much in  common, even residing in the same heavenly abode. They depart just after the  first adults begin arriving from the “other world” at 3 p.m. the same day,  officially the souls take leave at 3 p.m. on November 2, but should that day  fall on a Sunday – the day liturgically reserved for the Lord – the spirits must  simply wait and return on November 3. The normally industrious town of Teotitlan  comes to a grinding halt during these fiestas. Antonia Ruiz warns thar, “No one  should work while the spirits are still visiting”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="width: 120px; height: 159px;" title="Band Music" alt="Band Music" src="http://granate.com.mx/blog/media/1/20061024-muertos5_.JPG" /&gt; &lt;img style="width: 94px; height: 162px;" title="tomb" alt="tomb" src="http://granate.com.mx/blog/media/1/20061024-muertos1_.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img style="width: 122px; height: 165px;" title="bread" alt="bread" src="http://granate.com.mx/blog/media/1/20061024-muertos4_1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;CONSTANT COMPANY AND KIND WORDS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is mid-day,  November 1, and many years have passed since Antonia Ruiz lost her last child.  This spirited, compact woman speaks form first-hand experience as she has buried  five of her eleven children. She leads me past the newly renovated room where  the altar has been set up, across the porch and into her daughters’ bedroom. I  am initially perplexed to be moving away form the living room, but as we enter  into the cool darkness a small altar emerges. Antonia explains that this was the  original living room in the home built by her husband’s parents forty years ago.  This room had housed the altar until 1980 when Antonia and her husband, Félix  built a new living room. She says she still maintains this small altar because  it was here, in this room, that the wake was held when her own children died.  This is the place they know. This is the place they come back to. “We receive  the spirits here,” explains Antonia while her daughter Reina takes down the  offerings left on the altar for the children’s spirits: peanuts and pecans, tiny  egg loaves, miniature clay cups filled with hot chocolate used for making this  essential beverage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="width: 161px; height: 214px;" title="candle" alt="candle" src="http://granate.com.mx/blog/media/1/20061024-muertos3_.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img style="width: 215px; height: 164px;" title="make an offering" alt="make an offering" src="http://granate.com.mx/blog/media/1/20061024-muertos2_.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“While the angelitos are here we often hear the clinking of  ceramics coming from this room,” Reina tells me, “ the same sound made when you  take a drink and place the cup back in the saucer.”&lt;br /&gt;The same afternoon in  another house-hold in Teotitlan del Valle, Doña Clara Ruiz is already busy  attending to four visitors in her living room when another couple arrives. On a  day like today, whit so many people coming and going, she has left the front  door open.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://granate.com.mx/store/index.php?main_page=login&amp;amp;language=en"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Suscribe  to Our Free NewsLetter, You can receive the full article and more Photos, News,  Offers, All FREE. HERE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8745946153035763068-2728684516951283367?l=goaxacan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goaxacan.blogspot.com/feeds/2728684516951283367/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8745946153035763068&amp;postID=2728684516951283367' title='3 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8745946153035763068/posts/default/2728684516951283367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8745946153035763068/posts/default/2728684516951283367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goaxacan.blogspot.com/2007/10/day-of-dead-oaxaca.html' title='Day of the Dead, Oaxaca'/><author><name>Oaxacan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07152151109767749046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='34' height='9' src='http://oaxacan.com.mx/store/includes/templates/classic/images/header_bg.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745946153035763068.post-1268378243166226503</id><published>2007-10-05T12:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-05T12:41:24.686-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dia de Muertos en Oaxaca</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A los habitantes de Teotlitlan del Valle, Oaxaca,Mexico, se les reconoce por ser  anfitriones excepcionales, por lo que las almas que los visitan el día de  Muertos reciben un trato verdaderamente generoso. La preparación para darles la  bienvenida dura días; pero a partir del 31 de octubre, la gente del pueblo ya se  afana en atender a los espíritus. Los primeros que regresan son los angelitos,  que son las almas de los niños muertos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="width: 126px; height: 167px;" title="Banda de Musica" alt="Banda de Musica" src="http://granate.com.mx/blog/media/1/20061024-muertos5_.JPG" /&gt; &lt;img style="width: 95px; height: 165px;" title="Tumba" alt="Tumba" src="http://granate.com.mx/blog/media/1/20061024-muertos1_.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img style="width: 123px; height: 164px;" title="Ofrenda" alt="Ofrenda" src="http://granate.com.mx/blog/media/1/20061024-muertos4_1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos llegan en las primeras horas del día primero de noviembre, día de Todos  los Santos, porque ángeles y santos tienen mucho en común, entre otras cosas,  que habitan en el mismo lugar celestial. Los espíritus de los niños se retiran  justo cuando los adultos que residen en el más allá comienzan a llegar, a las  tres de la tarde del mismo día. Oficialmente, los muertos se retiran a las tres  de la tarde del dos, pero si esta fecha cae en domingo, día de descanso,  reservado por la liturgia al Señor los espíritus simplemente esperan regresan a  sus morada el tercer día del mes. En Teotlitlan, un pueblo de hábiles tejedores,  ubicado a 30 kilómetros de la capital del estado, las actividades artesanales se  detienen durante estas fiestas, pues como advierte la tradición: “¡nadie debe  trabajar mientras los espíritus estén de visita!”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;COMPAÑÍA CONSTANTE  Y PALABRAS CARIÑOSAS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Es el mediodía de un primero de noviembre. Ya  han pasado varios años desde que la tía Antonia Ruiz perdiera un hijo. Esta  mujer, vigorosa y compacta, habla por experiencia propia: ha enterrado a cinco  de sus once hijos. Pasamos junto al cuarto, recien renovado, en donde se  encuentra la ofrenda, cruzamos el pasillo y llegamos al dormitorio de sus hojas.  Al principio me sorprende que nos alejemos de la sala; pero, al entrar en la  fresca penumbra, se dibuja la forma de un pequeño altar. Ella me explica que  ésta era la sala original, que formaba parte del hogar construido por los padres  de su marido hace 40 años.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este lugar albergó el altar de la casa hasta  que ella y su esposo, Félix, construyeron otra sala, en 1980. Nos cuenta que  mantiene este pequeño porque fue aquí donde velaron a sus hijos cuando murieron.  Este es el lugar que ellos conocen. Aquí es adonde regresan. –Aquí atendemos a  los espíritus – explica Antonia, mientras su hija Reina baja del altar la  ofrenda que se deja los espíritus de los niños: cacahuates y nueces, panecillos  de huevo, tacitas de barro llenas de chocolate y pequeñas tabletas de cacao, las  mismas que se usan para preparar esta bebida. – Mientras los angelitos están  aquí, oímos ruidos, escuchamos cómo tintinea la cerámica – cuenta Reina –, el  mismo ruido que se hace cuando uno bebe un trago de chocolate y luego pone de  nuevo la taza en el plato.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="width: 166px; height: 221px;" title="Veladoras" alt="Veladoras" src="http://granate.com.mx/blog/media/1/20061024-muertos3_.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img style="width: 214px; height: 164px;" title="Altar" alt="Altar" src="http://granate.com.mx/blog/media/1/20061024-muertos2_.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esa misma tarde, en toro hogar de Teotlitlan del Valle, mi  suegra, doña Clara Ruiz, atiende a cuatro visitantes en su sala, cuando llega  otra pareja, en un día como éste, con tantos ires y venires, doña Clara ha  dejado abierta la puerta de su casa. Su cuñada Leonaora y su esposo, Renaldo,  entran discretamente, mientras los otros visitantes guardan un respetuoso  silencio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://granate.com.mx/store/index.php?main_page=login"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://granate.com.mx/store/index.php?main_page=login"&gt;&lt;b&gt;SI DESEAS CONOCER LA HISTORIA COMPLETA  INSCRIBETE A NUESTRO BOLETIN MENSUAL TOTALMENTE GRATIS!!!, ADEMAS RECIBE FOTOS,  NOTICIAS, PROTECTORES DE PANTALLA, OFERTAS, ETC, TODO GRATIS AQUI &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8745946153035763068-1268378243166226503?l=goaxacan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goaxacan.blogspot.com/feeds/1268378243166226503/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8745946153035763068&amp;postID=1268378243166226503' title='2 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8745946153035763068/posts/default/1268378243166226503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8745946153035763068/posts/default/1268378243166226503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goaxacan.blogspot.com/2007/10/dia-de-muertos-en-oaxaca.html' title='Dia de Muertos en Oaxaca'/><author><name>Oaxacan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07152151109767749046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='34' height='9' src='http://oaxacan.com.mx/store/includes/templates/classic/images/header_bg.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745946153035763068.post-3753134510200705630</id><published>2007-09-25T11:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-05T12:38:00.509-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nuevas Bolsas Para Dama</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://granate.com.mx/images/CL.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://granate.com.mx/images/CL.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ahora tenemos el orgullo de contar en &lt;a href="http://www.oaxacan.com.mx/"&gt;Oaxacan.com.mx&lt;/a&gt;  con la diseñadora Cristina Larumbre, la cual invita a todos a conocer su nueva linea de bolsas para esta temporada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A continuación mostramos un pequeña biografía de Cris:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-MX"&gt;&lt;table style="width: 100%;" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cristina Larumbe, diseñadora textil oaxaqueña, hereda un profundo legado cultural el cual se hace vigente en todas sus creaciones a través de constantes interpretaciones y fusiones entre la tradición textil de su tierra y los lenguajes contemporáneos de la moda.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-MX"&gt;A pesar de ser una joven diseñadora, su proyección profesional ha demostrado una consistente congruencia en la manera de equilibrar intuición y conocimiento teórico para desarrollar sus creaciones.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-MX"&gt;El trabajo de Cristina Larumbe ha estado siempre ligado a las raíces populares de su cultura, no para validar el acto de diseño, sino debido a su convicción y sentido de identidad que con ellas guarda.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-MX"&gt;Sus creaciones se consideran objetos cargados de cultura y tradición, mediante un trabajo artesanal de alta calidad, contando siempre con un toque contemporáneo y de vanguardia, balanceado con todos los materiales y formas para fusionarse con las demandas actuales del mundo del diseño y la moda.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Estas son algunas de sus creaciones:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://granate.com.mx/store/images/CL-PW01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 181px; height: 195px;" src="http://granate.com.mx/store/images/CL-PW01.JPG" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;         &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.oaxacan.com.mx/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=512"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 195px;" src="http://granate.com.mx/store/images/CL-TTN09.JPG" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                             &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.oaxacan.com.mx/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=509"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 125px;" src="http://granate.com.mx/store/images/CL-CHM01.JPG" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Los diseños de Cristina han estado publicados en algunas revistas locales e internacionales como lo es la revista ELLE &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p:colorscheme style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" colors="#ffffff,#000000,#808080,#000000,#bbe0e3,#333399,#009999,#99cc00"&gt;&lt;/p:colorscheme&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" lang="ES-MX"&gt;AÑO 13 NO.6,  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" lang="ES-MX"&gt;JUNIO 2007, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" lang="ES-MX"&gt;PAG.50, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" lang="ES-MX"&gt;MEXICO)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" lang="ES-MX"&gt;Si deseas conocer mas acerca de los diseños de Cris Larumbre  puedes descargar la siguiente presentacion en .ppt dando click &lt;a href="http://oaxacan.com.mx/downloads/PublicacionesCL.pps"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-MX"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" shape="_x0000_s1026" class="O"&gt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://granate.com.mx/store/images/oaxacan_granate.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Agradecemos a todos y cada uno de nuestros clientes, amigos y personas en general que han hecho de Oaxacan, un magnifico canal de promocion y distribucion de  nuestra cultura.&lt;br /&gt;Estamos en el proceso de migracion de nuestra imagen, todo con la finalidad de ser mejores dia a dia.&lt;br /&gt;Ahora tenemos a &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.granate.com.mx"&gt;www.granate.com.mx&lt;/a&gt; y &lt;a href="http://www.oaxacan.com.mx/"&gt;www.oaxacan.com.mx&lt;/a&gt; trabajando en conjunto para seguir ofreciendo contenios de calidad y produtos unicos hechos por maestros artesanos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nuevamente GRACIAS,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8745946153035763068-8352058108059939574?l=goaxacan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goaxacan.blogspot.com/feeds/8352058108059939574/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8745946153035763068&amp;postID=8352058108059939574' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8745946153035763068/posts/default/8352058108059939574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8745946153035763068/posts/default/8352058108059939574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goaxacan.blogspot.com/2007/09/agradecemos-todos-y-cada-uno-de.html' title=''/><author><name>Oaxacan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07152151109767749046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='34' height='9' src='http://oaxacan.com.mx/store/includes/templates/classic/images/header_bg.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745946153035763068.post-7352537392694003437</id><published>2007-09-14T20:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-14T20:56:41.785-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Oaxaca - A Basic Description</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Located in the southern part of the Mexican Republic, the state of Oaxaca is  bordered on the north by the states of Puebla and Veracruz, to the east by  Chiapas, to the west by Guerrero, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean,  comprising 95,364 square kilometers. The great valleys of the state are located  between the Sierra Madre del Sur and the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca. The name of the  state as well as the capital City, "Oaxaca" comes from the Nahuatl word  "Huaxacac" (huaxin-a type of squash, yacatl-nose), meaning "in the nose of the  squash."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The City of Oaxaca offers visitors great colonial architecture,  including the Santo Domingo Temple, the Cathedral, the Government Palace, the  Macedonio Alcala Theater, the Lesser Basilica of Nuestra Senñora de la Soledad,  the Rufino Tamayo Museum of Prehispanic Art, and the House of Cortes. You can  also enjoy a variety of musical bands performing in the traditional "kiosco" and  the "Alameda."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the surrounding areas of the capital city, visitors can  explore several interesting towns, many of which contain important  archaeological sites. Throughout the entire state are markets selling crafts and  objects of popular art which are a treasure for collectors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monte Alban,  the storied prehispanic capital of the Mixtec-Zapotec empire, is located 10 km  from the city of Oaxaca. Another major archaeological site is the ancient  Zapotec center of Mitla, which in the Zapotec language originally meant "place  of the Dead." Mitla is famous for its unique ancient tile work. On the land now  occupied by the state of Oaxaca, prehispanic civilizations flourished and  attained great splendor before the arrival of Columbus. Despite the conquest and  colonization by the Spanish, the Mixtec and the Zapotec Indians maintained their  language, their culture, and their social organization, the products of a unique  indigenous civilization.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oaxaca is considered one of the richest states  in Mexico, for its expressions of culture and history and for its mix of  prehispanic treasures and colonial patrimony, as well as for its music, dance,  painting, traditions, and culinary arts. Oaxaca's scenery is marked by nine  spectacular bays along its Pacific coast, whose beach paradises contrast  beautifully with the rivers, hillsides, and valleys inland. But more than  anything, Oaxaca is enriched by its charming people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oaxaca is located  only four and a half hours drive from Mexico City, via the new superhighway,  which provides easy access to the highlands of Mexico. The major tourist resort  of Huatulco, on the state's southern coast, also boats an international  airport.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OAXACA is open...for you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8745946153035763068-7352537392694003437?l=goaxacan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goaxacan.blogspot.com/feeds/7352537392694003437/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8745946153035763068&amp;postID=7352537392694003437' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8745946153035763068/posts/default/7352537392694003437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8745946153035763068/posts/default/7352537392694003437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goaxacan.blogspot.com/2007/09/oaxaca-basic-description.html' title='Oaxaca - A Basic Description'/><author><name>Oaxacan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07152151109767749046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='34' height='9' src='http://oaxacan.com.mx/store/includes/templates/classic/images/header_bg.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
