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| Tamazulapan Mixe is a traditional town with about 65% usage of costume, there are many weavers and other traditional handicrafts. Language is conserved to a great degree.Bob Freund 7/14/2004 for more information contact: info@mexicantextiles.com |
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Tamazulapa Mixe is located on the side of a mountain like many Mixe towns in the region. the roads have been recently paved so the town is easily reached by car from Oaxaca. |
 During the ceremony to unite the male and female spirits the people danced and left offerings at a sacred cave. First the women started and gradually everyone joined in. The men carried flowers and the "baston de mando" the staff of authority. |
 There was food and an orchestra. During the dance the men passed the flowers and the "baston de mando" to the women, which symbolically representing the reconciliation between Pihup and Ákxquiäpy. The spelling of the female lord “Pihup” is an approximation please excuse this. |
 Panoramic views abound both going to the town and from the patio of the municipal palace. |
 Tama views |
 Women are praying at the sacred cave where Ákxquiäpy lives. They leave offerings and light candles. It has taken three trips just to learn this much. |
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