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    The state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico has a noteworthy tradition of finely crafted textiles, particularly handmade embroidery and woven goods that frequently...
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    Textiles of Oaxaca, Textiles of Mexico and Textiles of the World. Sna' Jolobil, or House of the Textiles in the Tzotzil language, is a cooperative of more than...
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  • Belize. Women have traditionally created textiles in Maya society, and textiles were a significant form of ancient Maya art and religious beliefs. They...
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    Oaxaca de Juárez (Spanish pronunciation: [waˈxaka ðe ˈxwaɾes]), or simply Oaxaca (Valley Zapotec: Ndua), is the capital and largest city of the eponymous...
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    pottery is found in Santa María Atzompa, near Oaxaca city. Another major craft category is textiles. Textiles from cotton and other fibers date to early...
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    Piñata (category Culture of Mexico)
    [Piñatas, a fun tradition that isn't dying]. Diario Despertar (in Spanish). Oaxaca, Mexico. Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved June 15...
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    The Indigenous people of Oaxaca are descendants of the inhabitants of what is now the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, who were present before the Spanish invasion...
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    Amuzgos (section Textiles)
    The Amuzgos are an indigenous people of Mexico. They primarily live in a region along the Guerrero/Oaxaca border, chiefly in and around four municipalities:...
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    Oaxaca handcrafts and folk art is one of Mexico's important regional traditions of its kind, distinguished by both its overall quality and variety. Producing...
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  • Teotitlán del Valle (category Municipalities of Oaxaca)
    in the east of the Valles Centrales Region, 31 km from the city of Oaxaca in the foothills of the Sierra Juárez mountains. It is part of the Tlacolula...
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    people of Oaxaca The state of Oaxaca, Mexico has a total population of about 3.5 million, with women outnumbering men by 150,000 and about 60% of the population...
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    San Pablo Villa de Mitla (category Municipalities of Oaxaca)
    and means “land of the dead.” It is located in the Central Valleys regions of Oaxaca, 46 km from the city of Oaxaca, in the District of Tlacolula. The...
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  • Council), Oaxaca is the third most economically marginalized states in Mexico. The state has 3.3% of the population but produces only 1.5% of the GNP....
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    Zapotec: Bën za) are an indigenous people of Mexico. The population is concentrated in the southern state of Oaxaca, but Zapotec communities also exist in...
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    Guelaguetza (category Indigenous peoples of Oaxaca)
    cultural event in Mexico that takes place in the city of Oaxaca, capital of the state of Oaxaca, and nearby villages. The celebration features traditional...
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  • Neecy Twinem (category University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni)
    painting technique that bears inspiration from the native art and textiles of Oaxaca and other traditional Mexican folk art. In this method, paint is layered...
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    Arnulfo Mendoza (category Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca alumni)
    (1982), Textiles de Oaxaca, Artes de México No.35 (1997) and Oaxaca Celebration (2005) . Just after graduating from UABJO, he became one of the founding...
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    Alebrije (category Culture of Mexico)
    Maria Sabina, a textile artisan from Oaxaca. Although the Oaxaca Valley area already had a history of carving animals and other types of figures from wood...
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  • In the Central Valley region of the Southern Mexican state of Oaxaca archeologists discovered evidence of historic settlements. Aztecs from Tenochtitlan...
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    region in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, part of the broader La Mixteca area which covers parts of the states of Puebla, Guerrero and Oaxaca. The region includes...
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    Gonzalez has worked with clay most of his life, with a career of over fifty years. He works in the regional styles of bruñido and canelo, but is particularly...
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    Agriculture in Mesoamerica (category History of agriculture)
    discovered evidence of domesticated squash (Cucurbita pepo), in Guilá Naquitz cave in Oaxaca. These finds date back to 8000 BC, the beginning of the Archaic period...
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    the state of Oaxaca, about 35 km south of the center of the city of Oaxaca along Highway 175. It is part of the Ocotlán District in the south of the Valles...
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    available. Although much of Puebla's textile output was rough cloth, it also produced higher quality dyed cloth with cochineal from Oaxaca and indigo from Guatemala...
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    Masako. Mexican Textiles: Spirit and Style. Chronicle Books. 2003. Murphy, Arthur D., Stepick, Alex. Social Inequality in Oaxaca: A History of Resistance and...
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    Amuzgo textiles are those created by the Amuzgo indigenous people who live in the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca. The history of this craft extends...
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  • de Oaxaca". Guía México Desconocido: Oaxaca. 137. "Chatino of Oaxaca". Mexican Textiles. Retrieved 2010-07-24. "Union of Indigenous Communities of the...
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    Cochineal (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from April 2015)
    the Mexican state of Oaxaca continue to follow traditional practices of producing and using cochineal when making handmade textiles. In Guatemala, Heifer...
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    Mixtec (redirect from Kingdom of Tututepec)
    peoples of Mexico inhabiting the region known as La Mixteca of Oaxaca and Puebla as well as La Montaña Region and Costa Chica Regions of the state of Guerrero...
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    billion sheep, 1 billion domestic pigs, and (1985) over 700 million rabbits. Textiles from the most utilitarian to the most luxurious are often made from non-human...
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