Oaxaca has so many beautiful things about it....incredible coast line. Colonial towns. Fabulous food. Mountains. One of the things I love about this state is that it is full of art and artists. Whole towns of artisans. The town of Octolan is the birthplace of famous artist Rodolfo Morales, who painted these columns and the beautiful mural. In the same town there is a trio of ceramic artists that create beautiful clay figures (including this couple of calaveras)...the Aguilar sisters. We got to visit their workshops on the way out of town....Then we visited a village full of wood carvers that made magical figures out of copal wood. I learned about naguals, and that each of us has an animal spirit that is linked to the day of our birth.
This is a place that feeds your spirit with beautiful art, made by humble people.
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