#zapotec

[shi-gu]

Doodles

Capri and Donají won't really ever meet, as they're 500 years apart in time. I also think that Donají would be puzzled at why people like to eat ice. She is a big fan of ultra spicy food.

By the way, there's already a full illustration available you-know-where. It'll be posted in a couple weeks publicly, but if you want to see that, and other works earlier, you know where to go.

[archaeoart]

Ruins at Mitla, Oaxaca, México, circa 1925.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Vessel in the form of a prone creature.

Date: 100 B.C.–A.D. 200

Culture: Zapotec

Period: Formative

Place of origin: Mexico, Oaxaca, Central Valley of Oaxaca

Medium: Fine-grained grayware ceramic

[fyeahtimwalker]

The Muxes of Mexico by Tim Walker for Vogue Mexico and Vogue UK, December 2019

Production by Kate Phelan.

[bom-bombon]

Oaxaca Needs Help!!

Hi, there is currently a fire that started in San Lucas Quiavini, Oaxaca, that has now grown and is burning more Indigenous Zapotec communities. Unfortunately, five volunteers died as a result of the fires: Rafael Antonio Morales, Pedro Curiel Diego, José Hernández López, Felipe García, and Celso Diego. The communities are asking for help.

Here are some places where you can help financially:

For Celso Diego's family

And Emergency Funds right here

If you cannot donate, that is totally fine! Reblogs are very much appreciated!

[pazzesco]

Jefas Bonita

Zapotec women call themselves Tehuanas. The Zapotec civilization was an indigenous pre-Columbian civilization. Tehuantepec is the center of Zapotec culture. In Tehuantepec women are the heads of households, control the purse and represent the community to outsiders. To this day the women rule the roost in their matriarchal society where women used to hold exclusive trading rights and still dominate the in-town markets. The business acumen of the Zapotec women is respected today and was widely celebrated in 19th century writings.

The Tehuanas are also known for their traditional dress, full skirts, artisanal embroidered blouses and florid hairstyles. adopted by the famous Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

[occvltswim]

A Zapotec Terracotta Figural Urn of the Butterfly God (Ītzpāpālōtl) found at Monte Alban in Oaxaca, Mexico, Circa 200-600 AD. Sold at sotheby's in 2017 for $200,000

[exiled-prince]

Today marks 3 years since Onyx Equinox aired. Even though I was late to the party, I'm glad I found this show. Among most of the media set in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, Onyx Equinox is the one of the few with the most historical accuracies. It's a show that inspired me to continue my personal project. Thank you, Sofia.

[folkfashion]

Zapotec woman, Mexico, by Thomas Aleto

[desimonewayland]

Zapotec mosaic mask that represents a Bat god, made of 25 pieces of jade, with yellow eyes made of shell. It was found in a tomb at Monte Albán

via: Wikipedia

[rapeculturerealities]

Muxes have been defying the gender binary for generations | CNN

Indigenous communities in Mexico have recognized a third gender since before Spanish colonization and its ensuing influence of Catholicism, with anthropologists pointing to Aztec priests who wore clothing associated with another gender and Mayan gods who were both male and female. Today, the muxes of Juchitán are just one of several communities around the world who don’t fit into the gender binary, such as hijras in India, bakla in the Philippines and fa’afafine in Samoa.

[shi-gu]

A collection of gentlemen with dubious pretensions.

I made these designs prior to the miniCodex of the other day. Some had already appeared, but others are completely new characters.

This is the last thing I post about Béelia's suitors for a good while. Next thing will be more along my usual work haha

[ancientorigins]

Before Spanish colonization, Mexico’s Zapotecan civilization was an epicenter of food and culture. One chef has made it her mission to revive delicious Zapotecan traditions.

[local-meme-lord]

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Long hairrr

Drama

[kemetic-dreams]

Is it normal to be Mexican and not know Spanish?

Mexican is not a race, nor ethnicity. Spanish is a Western European Language regardless what countless anti-Iberian/Spanish trolls say Spanish is actually very related to Modern English with lots of Spanish words coming from Germanic origins. See my previous post to get the list.

There are hundreds of thousands out not millions of Native American Mexican that don’t speak Spanish.

Nahuatl population is 2,445,969 with Native Non Spanish Speakers at 1,659,029

Yucatec Mayan population 1,475,575 with Native Non Spanish Speakers at 892,723

Zapotec (Binizaa) population 777,253 with Native Non Spanish Speakers at 505,992

European Mexicans with Mennonites, German and Mormon speaking people in the hundreds of thousands that don’t speak Spanish as a Native Language.

In summation Just because you are Mexican and don’t speak Spanish doesn’t make you any less Mexican this is equivalent to being a Cherokee and not speaking Iroquoian from birth or Mennonite not Speaking low German. You are American there is no one can take that away from you or them. So in summation There are several million people within Mexico itself that don’t speak Spanish so if you don’t it won’t make a difference because you are not the only one.