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May 28, 2024 · Santa Clara’s copper work has an elegant simplicity and restraint, a minimalism that does not fit the stereotypes of Mexican craft. There is no compulsion to fill an empty surface as in for example the clay devils of Ocumicho or the wooden alebrijes of Oaxaca where color and detail verge on the obsessive and excessive. If there is an ...
May 28, 2024 · Wood studied how the production of rugs by artisans in Oaxaca in the Pueblo style of the Southwest are marketed to subtly imply they are produced in the Southwest of the United States where production costs are much higher and where this style originates. These entanglements are what Gell would view as aesthetic (technical) webs of enchantment.
May 28, 2024 · For this reason, it is useful at this point, to look once more at what the word tradition means and how it applies to Santa Clara. We often think about it as a body of customs and ideas, not unlike a particular body of knowledge; in fact, similarly, it is an active term, meaning what is in the context of this study literally handed down by-hand, transmitted, passed from hand to hand.
5 hours ago · Last week, environmentalists had reported that 138 of the midsize primates, known for their roaring vocal calls, had been found dead in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco since May 16.
20 hours ago · Nahuatl (English: / ˈ n ɑː w ɑː t əl / NAH-wah-təl; Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈnaːwat͡ɬ] ⓘ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
May 28, 2024 · Mexico. Countries. Europe
20 hours ago · I'm visiting Mexico City for the first time during Fiestas Patrias. Was hoping to find a detailed schedule of events - a lineup - for Mexico City events, or especially Coyoacán where I might stay.
