Podcasts about mitla

El recorrido de nuestro taxi viajero, El Cocodrilo, es hasta la colonia Narvarte de la Ciudad de México, donde se sube nuestro el pasajero invitado, Ernesto García, heredero de uno de los centros de espectáculos míticos de la capital: La Maraka. La Maraka, ubicada en la calle de Mitla, se fundó el 28 de enero de 1955, como un salón que, por muchos, años se le conoció como el Palacio de la salsa, pues por su pista desfilaron las voces de figuras como Celia Cruz, Oscar de León, Frankie Ruíz, Héctor Lavoe y  La Única Internacional Sonora, entre otros. Actualmente, La Maraka ha abierto sus puertas a nuevas generaciones para exponer géneros como el pop y rock en español, lo que ha reunido públicos ávidos de disfrutar de su música favorita y, por supuesto, de las noches de vida nocturna en la ciudad. Sigue a Sergio Almazán en sus redes sociales: X: @salmazan71 IG: ElcocodriloMVS Facebook: El Cocodrilo MVS www.sergioalmazan.com Escucha El Cocodrilo con Sergio Almazán todos los sábados de 16:00 a 17:00 horas y los jueves de 22 a 23 horas. Por MVS 102.5 FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

-Reportan incendio forestal en Mitla, Oaxaca -Aseguran 300 ladrillos de clorhidrato de cocaína en Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán-Policía disolvió un campamento estudiantil pro palestina en Canadá-Más información en nuestro podcast

Ritual Feasting at Palenque:https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article284262978.html Chochkitam:https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/01/jade-mask-discovered-in-pyramid-tomb-of-maya-king/150376 Early Hunter-Gatherer Evidence:https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/01/ancient-hunting-tools-found-in-mexican-cave/150350 Tunnel System at Mitla:https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/02/geophysical-study-finds-evidence-of-labyrinth-buried-beneath-mitla/150633 Pyramidal Structures in Puebla:https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/03/pyramidal-structures-uncovered-at-los-teteles-de-avila-castillo/151166 New Aztec Codices:https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/03/archaeologists-recover-aztec-codices-of-san-andres-tetepilco/151131/amp

Banquetes rituales en Palenque:https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article284262978.html Chochkitam:https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/01/jade-mask-discovered-in-pyramid-tomb-of-maya-king/150376 Evidencia de cazadores-recolectores tempranos: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/01/ancient-hunting-tools-found-in-mexican-cave/150350 Sistema de túneles en Mitla:https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/02/geophysical-study-finds-evidence-of-labyrinth-buried-beneath-mitla/150633 Estructuras piramidales en Puebla:https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/03/pyramidal-structures-uncovered-at-los-teteles-de-avila-castillo/151166 Nuevos códices aztecas:https://inah.gob.mx/boletines/el-inah-recupera-los-codices-de-san-andres-tetepilco

En información de El Esto, México recibirá partido inaugural del Mundial 2026 en el Estadio Azteca, en notas internacionales, Bukele gana elecciones de El Salvador, y en los espectáculos, Peso Pluma gana el Grammy por mejor álbum de música mexicana. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thousands of years before the advent of the great classical Maya and Aztec civilizations, an unknown megalithic culture occupied much of Mexico and Central America. In this new episode I interview researcher, author and founder of the ARX project Marco Vigato regarding the lost megalithic cultures of Mexico and the many megalithic mysteries of ancient Mexico. Marco takes on a journey inside the subterranean underworld of Mexico where an extensive network of subterranean chambers have recently been discovered under the archaeological site of Mitla. According to the Zapotecs, these passageways were considered to be an entrance to the underworld. Next we will discuss the huge precision megaliths that were recently discovered in Mexico that look eerily similar to the blocks seen in Bolivia at Tiwanaku. SHOW NOTES ARX Project https://www.arxproject.org/ ARX Project on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ARXproject ARX Project on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ARXprojectMX/photos Marco's book https://www.amazon.com/Empires-Atlantis-Civilizations-Traditions-throughout/dp/1591434335

In the shadowed depths of our world, beneath the veiled surface of what we perceive as reality, lies a realm teeming with enigmatic wonders and clandestine mysteries. It is a domain that defies the boundaries of conventional understanding, where legends intertwine with whispers of ancient truths. From the labyrinthine tunnels beneath the ancient city of Mitla in Mexico to the fabled realms of Agartha, a panorama of inexplicable wonders awaits those willing to abandon the shackles of the mundane...LIVE ON Digital Radio! http://bit.ly/3m2Wxom or http://bit.ly/40KBtlW http://www.troubledminds.org Support The Show! https://rokfin.com/creator/troubledminds https://patreon.com/troubledmindshttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/troubledminds https://troubledfans.comFriends of Troubled Minds! - https://troubledminds.org/friends Show Schedule Sun-Mon-Tues-Wed-Thurs 7-10pst iTunes - https://apple.co/2zZ4hx6Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2UgyzqMStitcher - https://bit.ly/2UfAiMXTuneIn - https://bit.ly/2FZOErSTwitter - https://bit.ly/2CYB71U----------------------------------------https://troubledminds.org/echoes-from-the-abyss-agartha-rising-and-the-river-styx/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/zapotec-underworld-entrance-mexico-180982552/https://interestingengineering.com/culture/highway-to-hell-entrance-to-the-zapotec-underworld-foundhttps://www.reuters.com/world/europe/southern-europe-swelters-cerberus-heatwave-bites-2023-07-13/https://mythology.net/greek/greek-concepts/river-styx/https://www.thoughtco.com/rivers-of-the-greek-underworld-118772https://www.tokenrock.com/subjects/agartha/https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/ancestral-myth-hollow-earth-and-underground-civilizations-004094https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Places/The_Underworld/the_underworld.htmlhttps://metro.co.uk/2023/07/12/terrifying-cerberus-legend-as-european-heatwave-named-after-greek-myth-19116695/This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4953916/advertisement

Oaxaca is amazing AND there is so much to do in the area! If you are spending some time in the city, you should definitely consider some day trips. Go along with Laura to get a taste of the options. Morning Light by Sian Alice Group is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.  Water Leaking by Jeffrey Lewis and the Rain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.  Minor salsa by Dee Yan-Key and  Always Question by Red This Ever  are licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Support the show

El monarca zapoteco Cosijoeza y la reina Coloyocaltzin tuvieron una hija a la que llamaron Donají, que significa “alma grande”. Al nacer, el sacerdote de Mitla le descifró su destino; indicando que en el cielo había aparecido el signo de la fatalidad y predijo que ella se sacrificaría por amor a su pueblo zapoteca.Cuando los mixtecos y zapotecos se encuentran en feroz batalla, conoce herido al príncipe mixteco “Nucano”, de quien se enamora. Al ser derrotados los zapotecos, los mixtecos piden en prenda de paz a “Donají” para que el rey “Cosijoeza” respetara los tratados. Descubre el desenlace de esta historia de sacrificio y si tienes alguna sugerencia de leyenda que deberíamos investigar, da click aquí. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

En este episodio 35 de Cuéntame Más hablamos del patrimonio de Mitla, Oaxaca, con tres invitados. En la primera mitad nos acompañó la antropóloga Hilary Morgan V. Leathem, quien nos platicó sobre su investigación en torno a las relaciones sociales y emocionales de las comunidades zapotecas y mixtecas con el sitio patrimonial de Mitla en Oaxaca y la historias de robo y despojo asociadas a él. En la segunda parte se nos unieron el arqueólogo Guillermo Ramón Celis y el gestor cultural Marco Méndez Juárez, y entre los tres nos platicaron sobre su proyecto de arte e historia pública y restitución “Este Lugar Tiene Muchas Historias” con sede en Mitla. Pueden conocer más sobre su trabajo en la página web y redes sociales: Pagina Web Este Lugar Tiene Muchas Historias: https://imaginingfutures.world/projects/este-lugar-tiene-muchas-historias-lajtre-yuduxh-rextiixni/ FB Centro Cultural Pitao Bezelao: https://www.facebook.com/pitaobezelaocentro TW Hilary Morgan V. Leathem: https://twitter.com/hmorganvl IG Hilary Morgan V. Leathem: https://www.instagram.com/_morganvl/ TW Guillermo Ramón Celis: https://twitter.com/arqlgoGuillermo FB Marco Méndez: https://www.facebook.com/ocram.mendez Cuéntame más es un programa de Libreta Negra Mx, en el que Daniel Salinas Córdova entrevista a diferentes especialistas en torno a temas de patrimonio, historia y arqueología. Sigue a Daniel en sus redes sociales: TW: https://twitter.com/DanielSalinas00 IG: https://www.instagram.com/danielsalinas00 Sigue a Libreta Negra Mx en nuestras redes sociales: TW: https://twitter.com/LibretaNegraMx IG: https://www.instagram.com/libretanegramx/ TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@libretanegramx FB: https://www.facebook.com/LibretaNegraMx/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/LibretaNegraMx Te invitamos a compartir nuestros contenidos y apoyarnos. Gracias a tus donaciones podemos continuar nuestras labores de divulgación cultural. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LibretaNegraMx Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ZT3KRRC2U58RA&source=url Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/libretanegramx #CuéntameMás #Mitla #Patrimonio #Despojo

TRIBUTO: HISTORIAS QUE CONSTRUYEN MEMORIA DE LA SHOÁ, CON CECILIA LEVIT – Roman Gessler nació en 1937 en Bielsko-Biala, en el sur de Polonia, de sus padres Edward y Dora Gessler. Roman tenía dos hermanos, Alik y Lily. En 1938, una niñera católica polaca, de origen étnico alemán (Volksdeutsche), Elisabeth Hedwig Lea, se unió a la familia para ayudar a cuidar a los tres niños. Con la ocupación alemana, en septiembre de 1939, los familiares tuvieron que huir. En Lviv, la madre de Roman se suicidó y la niñera Elizabeth decidió quedarse y ayudar a cuidar a los tres niños. A fines de 1941, el padre Eduard y el hermano mayor Alik continuaron hasta Budapest, y Lily y Roman se quedaron con Elizabeth. En marzo de 1942, Elizabeth decidió llevar a los niños a Hungría a través de los Cárpatos. En agosto de 1944 la familia continuó hacia Rumania donde permaneció hasta el final de la guerra. Después de la guerra, Roman se mudó a Viena, donde terminó sus estudios. Emigró a Israel, se alistó en su ejército y luchó como paracaidista en la Guerra del Sinaí (1956), incluida la Batalla de Mitla. Luego regresó al extranjero donde trabajó en el campo de la programación y las computadoras. Roman está casado y tiene hijos y nietos.

Today is national burrito day, and we mark the holiday with the story of how one comedian's life was transformed by this magical food. It's the debut of a new series, “Into The Fold.” Then, we'll head south to San Bernardino to visit a restaurant that inspired political change and a fast food empire. And, a reading from our Bay Poet series, from poet Maya Sisneros.

Beautiful ornamentation found nowhere else in Mexico grace the ancient site of Mitla.

Supervisión de obra de autopista Mitla-Tehuantepec II, desde Santo Domingo Tepuxtepec, Oaxaca --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/4tmexico/message

Posmodernidad y sistemas de creencias, mezclas de conceptos filosóficos, religiosos, científicos y metafísicos. Mindfulness, Budismo turístico, frases cómodas y superficialidad conceptual. Noticias Del Mundo:Tlaloc se puso bravo en CDMX - Cae techo del Templo Mayor - Sigue la batalla entre Morena y el INE - Los 100 días de Biden - China en el espacio - Acusan a activista opositor ruso - Viernes de cocktails en el bar espacial. Historias Desintegradas:Budismo a la carta - Fomentando egoísmos - Psicoanálisis y mal entendidos - La culpa nunca es tuya - Aroma de autobús - Súper olfato - Nuestra animalidad - Intercambio de favores - Trueque y comida para perros - El autógrafo de Diego Luna - Regresa la Copa Libertadores a Bucaramanga - La historia del Juanote de Xalapa - Esposas y reparto de tierras - Frecuencia de lavado de ropa - Mitla, el cocktail inspirado en el inframundo - El Robinson Crusoe Italiano y Más... Mitla cocktail: Mezcal, Vino Porto y Campari  En Caso De Que El Mundo Se Desintegre - ECDQEMSD Daily Podcast 

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Morgan L. Ventura's “Dispatch from a Ruin in Mitla, the Town of Souls,” with a reading by the poet. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Morgan here.

Today, I interview Samuel Bautista Lazo, a Benizaā (Zapotec)  weaver who lives in the indigenous village of Xigua, also known as Teotitlan del Valle.  He and his family farm and weave on the lands of their ancestors, selling products made from hand dyed 'criollo' native wool,  in the Central Valley of Oaxaca.  In our interview we learn from Samuel about the vast local trade networks between different indigenous communities for dyes, wool, etc. Samuel tells us about the symbols at the sacred site of Lyobaa, otherwise known as Mitla, where his ancestors weaved stone to create a structure that defies gravity.  Many of the symbols at this site are now woven into rugs and art to continue to preserve and reflect the ancient cosmology and language of the Benizaa people. One common symbol is a strand that looks like DNA, often paired with the seed of life and images of corn, literally  linking our lives to the corn. We learn about how the Benizaa people care for the  land as a community, rather than “owning” the land, as Samuel reminds us again and again throughout this interview that “as much as we are inheriting our DNA, we are also inheriting our stories and teachings that transform the world.” Dixza Rugs and Native Farm Instagram and websiteSamuels personal instagram Donate to Samuels gofundme to support Earthquake aid for Ocelotepec towns in OaxacaIf you'd like to check out the full video interview to watch as Samuel shows us different rugs and their symbols, check out my igtv on    instagram.  You  can support this podcast for as little as $2 a month on my patreon where  20% of the proceeds will be going to Dixza Rugs and Native Farm this month.  You can also support the podcast by following me on instagram and sharing the podcast with folks! 

Del extraordinario florecimiento del área, sólo las culturas zapoteca y mixteca lograron llegar a su máximo esplendor.Monte Albán fue la metrópoli más relevante de la primera, junto con las ciudades de Yagul, Dainzú, Zaachila y Lambityeco; mientras que Mitla fue el mejor ejemplo de la segunda.Además de sus tesoros artísticos, la mayor riqueza de Oaxaca reside en su gente, que mantiene vivas innumerables tradiciones y una de las más importantes producciones de arte popular.

¡Nos mudamos! A partir de ahora encontrarán todos nuestros contenidos: artículos de nuestros blogs, podcasts, videos y descargas, reunidos en: alfilodelarealidad.com El mundo subterráneo. Mitla. ¿Cuartos de meditación para provocar estados alterados de conciencia, mediante la concentración en la simbología jeroglífica de los muros? Chavín de Huantar. ¿Una escuela de chamanes? Los baños de Nezahualcóyotl. ¿Cómo se iluminaron para poder pintar en las profundidades, como cuevas? Un pozo de las ofrendas... artificial. La Cueva del Murciélago. Túneles de 3 km de largo. Un verdadero mundo subterráneo esperando ser estudiado. ¿Máquinas espirituales para la búsqueda interior? Referencias Podcast AFR Nº 171: Chavín, escuela de chamanes https://alfilodelarealidad.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/podcast-afr-no-171-chavin-escuela-de-chamanes/ Chavín: escuela de chamanes https://alfilodelarealidad.wordpress.com/2016/07/17/chavin-escuela-de-chamanes/ Podcast AFR Nº 85: Netzahualcoyotl: el Da Vinci americano https://alfilodelarealidad.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/podcast-afr-no-85-da-vinci-el-netzahualcoyotl-europeo/ Asomándonos al Inframundo https://alfilodelarealidad.wordpress.com/2018/11/08/asomandonos-al-inframundo/

¡Nos mudamos! A partir de ahora encontrarán todos nuestros contenidos: artículos de nuestros blogs, podcasts, videos y descargas, reunidos en: alfilodelarealidad.com El mundo subterráneo. Mitla. ¿Cuartos de meditación para provocar estados alterados de conciencia, mediante la concentración en la simbología jeroglífica de los muros? Chavín de Huantar. ¿Una escuela de chamanes? Los baños de Nezahualcóyotl. ¿Cómo se iluminaron para poder pintar en las profundidades, como cuevas? Un pozo de las ofrendas... artificial. La Cueva del Murciélago. Túneles de 3 km de largo. Un verdadero mundo subterráneo esperando ser estudiado. ¿Máquinas espirituales para la búsqueda interior? Más información en: https://alfilodelarealidad.com/

Emisión 90 del domingo 23 de agosto de 2020. En la conducción del programa a Marcelino Hernández López, locutor de Radio Fórmula Oaxaca. // Vamos a platicar con el arqueólogo Leobardo Daniel Pacheco, quien nos platicará sobre el décimo aniversario de las zonas arqueólogicas de Yagul y Mitla, al ser consideradas Patrimonio Mundial de la Humanidad. // También Francisco García Sosa, director de Desarrollo Turístico y Fomento Cultural de Tlacolula de Matamoros, nos va a platicar sobre la distinción que hizo el Congreso del Estado al Tianguis de este lugar, como Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial.// Conoceremos el trabajo que realiza Catalina Bautista Hernández, artesana textil de San Vicente Coatlán. // Les presentaremos a uno de nuestros orgullos oaxaqueños, se trata de Constantino Avendaño, él es campeón estatal, nacional y panamericano en la disciplina de judo.// Además Citlalli López, del Colectivo de mujeres Nuestras Voces, en esta emisión compartirá con todas y todos sobre el delito de abuso sexual infantil.

In this episode, I talk about Blu Rays. What are they for? Why are they blue? Then I talk about the Tailor of Panama, a film in which Geoffrey Rush is nervous, Jamie Lee Curtis is confused, and Pierce Brosnan is mean. My big takeaway is that this was Daniel Radcliffe's major breakthrough! Finally, we talk about the prolific Leon Uris, who penned himself a sweeping, panoramic portrait of struggling writer Gideon Zadok in Mitla Pass. Jump out of an old Dakota over the Sinai and have a listen.

Me entrevisté con el edil de San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Abelardo Ruiz Acevedo, quien me informó que hoy han tenido la primera producción de Biodiésel, el cual generaron a partir de un desecho como es el aceite de origen vegetal de cocina que durante dos meses y medio estuvieron recolectando casa por casa. El Munícipe aseveró que a partir de ello a parte del Biodiésel también obtuvieron glicerina que es la base de los jabones y cosméticos. Sostuvo que son buenas noticias, más en esta época de pandemia.

Abelardo Ruiz Acevedo, presidente municipal de San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Oaxaca, nos compartió las acciones que actualmente implementa su municipio y comunidad para salir adelante ante esta contingencia sanitaria Covid19.

En San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Oaxaca, el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador supervisó la obra del tramo carretero Mitla-Tehuantepec. “Es muy satisfactorio constatar que se va avanzando. Me da mucho gusto que se terminó el viaducto. Esta estructura comunicará 17 kilómetros hacia adelante. Hicimos el compromiso con la empresa Ideal y cumplieron”, expresó. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/4tmexico/message

Haremos un viaje sonoro a San Pablo Villa de Mitla, en este lugar se instaló un árbol solar, que mediante celdas solares genera corriente eléctrica para que los turistas y personas que viven ahí, puedan recargar su celular o tablet, brindando este servicio en pro del medio ambiente. También conoceremos a Abigail Mendoza, una cocinera oaxaqueña que ha cautivado a los paladares más exigentes con la tradicional comida zapoteca en su Restaurante Tlamanalli... En la música tendremos el talento de niñas, niños, adolescentes y jóvenes que integran la Banda Filarmónica Resplandor Zaachileño. Además de la participación de la maestra @Wagive Turcott Fiat, quien nos narrará uno de los sucesos de la historia de Oaxaca. Como locutor invitado nos acompañará Alejandro Alberto, locutor de Cortv.

Oaxaca desde la Sierra, la Costa, el Istmo y el Valle. La Artesanía de los Alebríjes en Tilcajete, el Barro Negro de Coyotepec y el Legendario Árbol del Tule. Subiendo a la Sierra donde Nació Benito Juárez, Guelatao. Las diferentes Variedades de Mezcales. La Zona Arqueológica de Mitla. Hierve el Agua y las Cascadas Sólidas. Monte Alban y su Historia Ancestral en la Cultura Zapoteca. El Queso llamado Oaxaca excepto en Oaxaca; Quesillo. El Famoso Caldo de Piedra. Chapulines y Chicatanas con Lila Downs. La Guelaguetza, la Gran Fiesta Oaxaqueña que Atrae al Turismo Internacional. Noticias del Mundo, Tiempos de Revuelta en Ecuador. Veracruz allá Vamos... continuará... En Caso de que el Mundo Se Desintegre - Podcast - ECDQEMSD - www.canaltrans.com

Is it a cat? Is it a dog? Come find out as the guys cover the Mitla in this episode!    **Trigger Warning**  There is some very...off... humor in this episode. If you can't handle jokes that don't represent the direct views of the hosts, you should probably skip this one.   Artist: Jay Artist Instagram: Jaiz.Draws

Links: The form to fill out. https://goo.gl/forms/ZJVHxypg82iiqTDe2 Shoot-n-Print workshop in Walla Walla: https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/ww-print/ Total Solar Eclipse: https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/chile-2019/ Croatia Waterfalls and Culture: https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/croatia-2019/ Announcements. This show is brought you by me, myself and I. And what I mean by that is my workshops I’m offering this summer. I’ve got the Shoot-n-Print workshop happening here in Walla Walla this summer, starting June 17. We’ll spend the mornings and evenings out shooting the landscapes here in the region and in the heat of the day we’ll spend learning the print process and making our own prints. I’m convinced that learning the print process will make you a better photographer. You’ll learn what details to be concerned over and what to let go. And we’ll all be in it together helping each other and inspiring each other. Then there’s the total solar eclipse in Chile in early July. It actually starts June 30. We’ll photograph the La Serena region in anticipation of the eclipse, and then we’ll head on down to Valparaiso which is a hilly town with a lot of funiculars and a great market. We’ll end the time there in Santiago photographing the San Cristobal hill, a city park with great views of the city as the sun sets, mountains too.  And finally, the waterfalls and historic culture of Croatia in the tail end of August. On that one, we can either do the last week of August, or the first week of September. We still have some flexibility there. Let me know which one works best for you and we can make it happen. This workshop will be a bit slower than the Chile workshop. We’ll have a bit more time to revisit the places we shoot. I’m very much looking forward to these experiences where you will be able to focus on learning more, growing in your photography and being inspired by others and being an inspiration to others. Oh, in the spirit of learning, growing and being in inspiration to others. I’m starting a new section of the show where I’ll review three of your images. What I’m looking to do is have a post in the fb group to submit your images and we’ll have a theme as well. This time it’s all about texture. So if you’re so inclined, head on over to the group, find the post where I’m asking for these images and please be sure to read my first comment which has the guidelines for what I’m doing here. In a show I record in February I’ll go over three of these images and offer a bit of critique. Thank you to all that have submitted thus far. If your images don’t get included in a show I encourage you to submit again. Even if they don’t get talked about here on the show it’s about making them available for others to see there. I know I really enjoy seeing them and they are an inspiration to me. So thank you for participating. Topic:  The topic of today’s show is “abstractions” or “abstracts.”  I really love shooting abstracts for a couple of reasons. The first is that I feel it allows me an easy alternative to the cliché landscapes that already exist for popular destinations. I like to still get that iconic shot and try to put my spin on it, but the true excitement for me comes when I can get what I know is a truly unique image, and sometimes that’s done through an abstract.  By abstract, I mean something that doesn’t represent the original form or subject, it’s just a beautiful mess of color, texture, pattern, what have you. Or it can mean something that is still fairly literal, but it’s a zoomed in portion of the object. That’s where I would call it an abstraction.  For creating abstracts, I often use either my 24-70 or my 70-300. While the 16-35 can certainly work, I find it easier to achieve my purpose if I’m isolating the field of view a bit. But if I’m doing a multiple exposure shot then the 16-35 can really be a great option. I’ll also use a tripod to keep things straight an organized, or I’ll go more freewheeling, all depending on that look I’m trying to achieve. You can also really stop down the lens to a small aperture which creates a long shutter speed or use something more “normal” that’s in air quotes by the way. I also like to play with exposure, usually on the side of over-exposing the scene, and then I’ll experiment with focus too. De-focusing can make for some excellent color blobs that make beautiful backgrounds for your phone or desktop. In the end, I guess I have to say there’s very little rules for shooting abstracts. The main idea is getting in on a subject and creating art for the sake of creating art. One word of caution I have though, if you are hoping that people will “get” your image and understand what it is, then you may need to create a series of images that builds in to the abstraction. I’ve had some images that are more appreciated once you set the stage and show folks what they are looking at. In general, I try to be successful in making an image without the need for setting the stage, but it doesn’t hurt to have those as backup images just in case you need it. Besides, a series or sequence of images can be very powerful too. Especially if shown in a triptych format where they’re all experienced at the same time and the sequence is obvious. You can run into troubles if you give the viewer the opportunity to alter the sequence of how they are experiencing your images. And finally, before we get to the images themselves, think about the type of reaction you want from your viewers. Should they contemplate it a bit and should the image grow on them? Or should it be immediate joy and that initial happiness is what keeps them coming back for more? We often want that initial joy experience for our viewers, but I’ve found success in some images that have little nuggets to discover overtime as well. Though they are more complex and not as easy to get the “win” also in air quotes, as it were. Time to get to the images. Let’s go through them here and this is an enhanced episode which means you’ll be able to see the images in your player if your player supports it anyway. The images are also available on the blog post show notes on the latitude photography podcast website. So if you wanted to, you could follow along there. However, I’ll do my best to describe these images so that you can learn everything here in the audio only format. Several of these images are coming from Mexico. First up is three from  La Casa de Hernan Cortes,  just north of Veracruz, Mexico. To set the stage a bit, I was there with a friend and we had just finished shooting for a mission trip in the state of Chiapas which is in the deep south of Mexico. We elected to take the bus back to Mexico City with a lot of zigging and zagging along the way for a week. One of those zigs took us to Veracruz, a city along the Gulf of Mexico. While there I learned about this place and we hired a taxi to drive us there. He overcharged us, but there’s not much that can be done about that now. Anyway, this site is the ruins of Cortez, which is in the town of Antigua, the first Spanish settlement in Mexico dating from 1519. There’s also a small church there where I got an awesome shot, but this is about abstracts, so I’ll not get too sidetracked. So it’s a series of old ruins, walls that have been used by nature to support these threes. The roots cover the doorways, walls, and other areas. Mostly, it’s all roots you see, not much in the way of bricks. This first image is horizontal with the bottom of the image terminating just below where the roots go into the ground. The top of the image crops just below where the trunk might be imagined. And we don’t see the top of the wall either. We do see a tiny amount of brick on either side, but everything is about the texture of these roots, and the energy they have going up and down. But more than that, the energy idea, it’s a chaotic energy. It’s not a free-flowing energy. The roots branch off, they go over other roots, or under other roots, they are intertwined.  Casa de Cortez, built in the 16th century, still stands even though the trees are slowing taking over. La Antigua, Veracruz, Mexico. This next image is vertically oriented. And we have a few leaves in the scene too. It’s a doorway with a subtle arch, and brick on the far-right side and you can see through the doorway as well. The left side is taken over by this tree. It’s interesting to see how it wraps around the doorway and it reaches to the interior of the building. The roots on the ground are darker, but they run rather chaotically searching for a place to penetrate the earth for the much-needed nutrients.  Casa de Cortez, built in the 16th century, still stands even though the trees are slowing taking over. La Antigua, Veracruz, Mexico. And finally, we zoom in even further. This last image is my favorite. The roots start so small, and they converge into larger branches and they combine as they move toward the top. They slope off to the left and we see a pock marked wall on the right. The texture is really coming through in both the roots and the wall. There’s so much goodness for the eye to feast on, it’s rather chaotic, but the contrast in those textures and forms gives it meaning, gives it purpose. If I filled the frame with either texture, either the wall or the roots, I think it could still be a good image, but with the combination of the two, I find it much better at telling its story. All three of these images are in B&W which helps us focus on the texture, forms and the raw subject matter. Color, as muted as it was, may help some viewers, in fact, the first image has a slight sepia tone set to it. But in general, for these subjects I found the color distracting. It doesn’t enhance anything here. Hierve el Agua North America, Mexico, Oaxaca. Hierve el Agua is a popular place to relax in the natural spring water. This next image is a foundational image so you can get a sense of where we’re at and what this place is like. Heirve el Agua is difficult to get to. We took a bus from Oaxaca to the tiny town of Mitla. I had no idea this place was out here.  We walked around Mitla for a bit, saw the archeological site they have going on there and saw a sign to Heirve el Agua. So we bought a ticket on the small pickup truck that would take us there. It took at least two hours and the mountainous road was extremely bumpy. So much so that I feared damaging my camera if I left it on the floor of the bed of the truck. We had piled in and sat on some makeshift benches. There were about five of us in the back, and one up front. I held my camera bag on my lap so as to give the gear a bit of more cushion. When we got there, it just looked like a run-down resort. There was nothing interesting. Then we walked through the gate and followed the crowd and low and behold, here we were. Mind you, I had no idea this place even existed just two hours before. I had no idea what it looked like. I was just taking a trip out further into the country side because we had the time and it was cheap. I figured it must be worth something if they are ferrying people out there en masse.  It’s a spring that comes up on the mountain side. The water is rich with minerals. And those minerals have formed a waterfall-like formation as it runs over the side of the mountain. If you were to look at it from the distance it looks like it’s a gushing waterfall. But it’s just the calcium deposits that you’re looking at. It barely trickles over the edge. But they’ve made pools out of this place. The water is kinda warm too. We didn’t have any swimming gear so we were out of luck there, but we got some great shots.  Hierve el Agua is a popular place to relax in the natural spring water. This detail shows the natural formation of the minerals and the color of the water. Oaxaca State. Mexico. This abstract shot, finally getting to it, is just a small detail of the water at the edge. There’s some rounded off calcium deposits that you can tell people have stepped on over the years as it’s rather rounded off. And the water is quite green. There’s lots of these little details all around the edge of the main pool. That first pic was a man-made pool, but there’s some natural pools as well. I love looking at these details and searching for the graphic shapes and forms that we find in nature. I’ve got plenty of these types of shots that I kept. I’m just showing one of them here for now.  Jellyfish, Veracruz Mexico North America, Mexico, Veracruz, Veracruz City. Jellyfish swim in the acquarium at Veracruz. Veracruz also has a really good aquarium. And in the jellyfish tank I was able to get these beauties. I love the calm feeling I get when I look at these creatures. They are suspended in this clear liquid, their tentacles flowing, rather serenely. I’ve got one focused here but there was a whole pool of these. They are a bit tricky to shoot. You have to be slammed up against the glass so as to not get any reflections. And you have to boost your ISO a bit. I have it at about 1250 on this shot. This allowed for a 1/80 of a second shutter speed at f/5.6.  You can shoot at a bit wider of an aperture, but I find the extremely shallow DOF doesn’t work well for this subject. I’m at 135mm, so I’m zoomed in quite a bit. The blue background is just the tank they are in, but it feels somewhat natural, and I love how the warm hues of the jellies contrast with the cool hues of the background areas. Agave Plant, Mexico and Croatia Agave plant detail, Chiapas, Mexico. I love plant details. And that’s what these next two shots are all about. The agave plant grows on many continents. In different forms, but they’re still a good succulent that can look great, especially when you zoom in on the details. This first one is a slightly wider shot than the second, but we still only see agave. We see the central spire with the leaves pealing away. I love how they leave an impression of the saw-like teeth on the side of the inner leaf. I had to look it up to ensure I’m using the right terminology. Looks like I am. The leaves are also known as the penca, and the ball of leaves is known as the piña or cabeza. Anyway, this first one is from Chiapas, Mexico. This next one is from Lokrum Island, Croatia. Lokrum is just a short 10-minute boat ride off the coast from old town Dubrovnik. We’ll head out here on my Croatia workshop later this summer. Agave ghiesbghti detail. Lokrum Island Botanical Gardens. Croatia. I absolutely love the brilliant colors on this one. The teeth are much larger and closer together than the one I found in Mexico. We have a repeating pattern of the leaves, but not too regular. There’s still some chaos here too. But that central row of teeth is the main interest and there’s so much there that just hurts since everything else is so soft and easy to look at. I think I’ll have to end it here and continue on with another episode in the future. I’ll talk about images I found in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Prague, Boston, Walla Walla and more. All with an abstracts theme or idea. US, OR, Columbia River Gorge area. Fall Color Abstractions. US, OR, Columbia River Gorge area. Fall Color Abstractions. US, OR, Columbia River Gorge area. Fall Color Abstractions. And finally, I talked about these images from Praugue, but I’ll go into more detail in a future episode.

He was larger than life, a warrior and artist who's legend has only grown since his death in 1868.... but Gustavus von Tempsky had a dark side

Lo que aconteció en Mitla es similar a lo que ha ocurrido en otros pueblos, donde la ciudadanía decidió no quedarse de brazos cruzados ante la insolencia de los líderes gremiales y la indiferencia de los servidores públicos.

In this episode of Arriba! Folklorico Music and Dance of Mexico, we travel to the South of Mexico on the Pacific waters, stretching along the coast to the northern part of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The state of Oaxaca has one of the largest populations of native indigenous tribes, or "indios" as the Latin Americans call them. Of the seven major cultures and areas of Oaxaca, we focus on 2: the Zapotecas and the Mixtecos. In this episode, the music from the Jarabe Mixteco opens the show. We also discuss the fiesta that takes place in July which is known as La Gelaguetza, or the "fiesta de la Sierra." In the capital city of Oaxaca itself, we describe one of the main indigenous dances, DANZA DE LA PLUMA. Also, during the festivities of La Gelaguetza, the food is rich--in particular, the famed MOLE NEGRO Oaxaqueno. In addition to the mention of the archaeological zones in the region--such as Mitla and Monte Alban--the episode describes the courtship dance of the JARABE MIXTECO, with its stanzas and tableaus for the CHASE, the TORITO and the conquest of the man over woman to symbolize the move from suitor to marriage partner. Especially symbolic is the rose that the lady carries by the stem in her teeth, and which the man grabs from her with his teeth to symbolize the transition from enagement to marriage. The episode ends with the ending musical score of the JARABE MIXTECO. It is usually played by big brass bands during the festivities of La Gelaguetza, but here, we listen to a version performed by mariachis.