Posted in Culture, Markets, Travel & Tourism, tagged costumes, cotton aprons, Festival de la Nieve Mezcal y Vinagre, graffiti, market, mercado, Mexico, Oaxaca, The Pop-up Food Shops of Oaxaca, tianguis, Tlacolula de Matamoros, traje, wall art on April 27, 2012|
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Every time I pass by the turnoff to Tlacolula de Matamoros, I break into song, “Be-bop-a-lula, she’s my baby.” And, seeing this guy on the front of a building on one of the town’s main streets only contributes to channeling Gene Vincent.
I was last there early this month for the first Festival de la Nieve, Mezcal y Vinagre. Ice cream, mezcal, and fruit and veggies in vinegar… what’s not to like?
And then there is the weekly Sunday tianguis (market), where women in colorfully embroidered cotton aprons over tightly pleated polyester brocade skirts (where did that style come from?) buy and sell everything under the sun.
As the article, The Pop-up Food Shops of Oaxaca confirms, I’m not the only one who is captivated by Tlacolula.
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