April, 2010
Mexico Color
In a restaurant above the market in Mazatlan, these young folks pay $2 each to cook their own food. They have the afternoon off from the cruise ships so they take the opportunity to get together and cook their favorite foods that they can't get on the ship. They are from the Phillippines and Thailand. There was a group in the next kitchen from India.
A hand carved painted mask from Oaxaca. The gift shop where we saw it is below in Patzcuaro.
Patzcuaro is known for weaving colorful fabric used for brightly colored table ware.
A weaving loom and below you can see a spinning wheel. Notice how a bicycle tired is used.
Other photographs from Patzcuaro.
A funereal procession for a school aged person. Notice the flowers in the truck. After going to the church, they will walk to the cemetary.
These are costumes that are used in the Baile de los Viejitos or Dance of the Old Men. The dance is done to make fun of the Spanish conquistadors who, to the natives, were old men with white hair.
In this region of Mexico, the people eat a lot pork. It's mainly fried and a lot of it is pork rind. Here you see a great big mound of it being sold on the street.
