Below is the Guelaguetza 2018 calendar of the main events. For details of these and other “Julio, mes de la Guelaguetza” (July, month of the Guelaguetza) activities in and around the valley of Oaxaca, click HERE.
The list of delegations by date, time, and the dance they will be performing follows. By the way, a note about the dancers: Seeing it as an honor, they come to perform at their own expense. However, one way to give back, at least to the artisans of their communities, is to do your shopping at the Expo Feria Artesanal (listed above).
And, bookmark THIS SITE and/or CORTV for live (en vivo) links to each performance.
(ps) For those in town: People keep asking me what the route will be for the two Saturday Desfiles de Delegaciones — which over the past several years keeps changing. Unfortunately, I don’t know and the only answer I get is the tourist kiosk reps pointing to the Calendario de Eventos Principales (top of page). If I find out anything more substantive, I will try to post before Saturday.
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Hi Shannon,
You mention the dancers pay their own expenses to come and perform there. The ticket prices are rather high, perhaps not for some budgets, but I’m sure for many Oaxaqueños, and as there are two shows per day on the hill with many seats, that’s a lot of money. I’m curious about who gets the revenues? the Sate of Oaxaca? If so, is there some designated public sector the revenues are intended to subsidize (e.g. education, health)? Of course, there are production and promotion costs, and maintenance on the venue, but there’s still got to be lots left over, no?
I see the dancers from Teotitlán del Valle are the very first performers on the entire program – best wishes to them, hope they have a fabulous time.
As always, I love your posts (and Chris’s)
Trying to almost live there vicariously, since I don’t in person.
Diane
Thank you for reading our blogs! Sorry, I don’t have a definitive answer re where the money goes except for the obvious: To finance the trips by the Comité de Autenticidad throughout the state to evaluate evaluate groups, massive amount of publicity, expenses related to logistics, etc. I’ve also found out that they do pay for the delegations’ transportation to the Saturday desfile and on Monday to the Guelaguetza Auditorium, plus they provide the performers with a meal.
Thank you for all the information.
De nada. 😉