Reply #11: Pictures from the Guelaguetza in Oaxaca, Mexico

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This is from when I was in college back in... Wow, 1994. My last class for a Spanish degree, I took through a program through my college where you go to Mexico and take the class (professor from the university goes as well to teach and show you the sights). The Guelaguetza technically is celebrated on two consecutive Mondays in late July, but there are things that go on the entire month to coincide. It wasn't unusual for us to leave class to go explore the city and run into a parade.

Anyway, here are some Mexican versions of these large puppets. It's amusing, what with the bare breasts, to recall that these are call "Titeres."

Pictures 1 and 2 are shots of them dancing around in a square close to a large church in Oaxaca, and in the third, you can see fellow students Jacinta and Jennifer and then that's me holding the puppets hand. You can see the guy wearing the costume peaking out.





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