Sunday is market day in Tlacolula de Matamoros and I was so ready to escape the city. No bloqueos blocked our way and Sunday traffic was even lighter than usual, thus the drive was uneventful. In addition, though rumors of gasoline shortages have been rampant, we had no trouble filling up at one of the numerous Pemex stations along our eastbound route. Once we arrived, we found the market was a beehive of activity, aisles had us crowded shoulder to shoulder with shoppers from Tlacolula and the surrounding villages.
The color… the energy… the bounty… the people… the smells… the street food…the life. It was all just what the doctor ordered! And, when I got home and turned on my computer, a documentary on market day in Tlacolula popped up on my Facebook news feed. (h/t Zeferino Mendoza)
It may be from 2012, but not much has changed. This Sunday open air market (tianguis) is one of the oldest continuously operating in Mesoamerica.
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Thank you for your udate. We hsve lots of friends in Oaxaca de Juarez. It’s good to here that you are able to get around and markets/gas is available. We will spend oct-jan there. If I’m getting informaton correctly, in 2006 things were still dicey in October and November of that year.
How serendipitous that the documentary popped up. I really enjoyed it! Thanks for posting/sharing. geri
Love that market. Will never forget the old guy who decided to eat a live worm in front of me just to get my reaction!
I’m glad to see the market is business as usual. The sight of those pineapples made my mouth water! Fred Meyer actually has those yellow atualfo (can’t remember the spelling) mangoes. I bought one for $1 and cut it up in a bowl of yogurt with pepitas sprinkled on top.
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