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Introduction to the Workshops and Backcactus Tours
2011-2012 Schedule
REGISTRATION
General Trip Information
Survivor's Testimonials
The Staff of Traditions Mexico
About Traditions Mexico
A Primer on Mexican Bus Travel
Festivals and Celebrations
Michoacán Arts and the Great Easter Market
The Domain of the Earthlord - Day of the Dead Among the Maya
The Return of the Souls - Day of the Dead in Backcactus Oaxaca
Cultural Immersion
Fiber Arts of the Oaxacan Coast
The Art of Natural Colors. Dyes, Pigments and Artisans of Oaxaca
Creative Hands
Silk, Wool, and Corn Husks
Mayan Fibers and Culture
Short Journeys
The Return of the Souls - Day of the Dead in Backcactus Oaxaca
Meeting Oaxaca
Living Maya
The Domain of the Earthlord - Day of the Dead Among the Maya
Day Trips
Another Oaxaca - One- and Two-Day Tours
Custom Trips
We can design a trip just for you
Beyond

TRIP AND WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Workshop/Journey
Price Dates
Our 2011-2012 Trip Schedule    
The Return of the Souls . . .Day of the Dead in Backcactus Oaxaca
A unique three-day, two-night, trip taking in the most beautiful and wildest festival of the year. All in one of the most wonderful places in Mexico during its most beautiful season.
Two nights, $495 October 31-November 2, 2011
Day of the Dead and Traditional Arts
Join us for this journey to visit the ancient stones of a Mayan jungle city, a highland colonial town surrounded by villages of traditional weavers and Day of the Dead festivals in Mayan cemeteries filled with folks dressed to the T in the hand woven finery.
Nine nights, $2,145 October 26-November 4, 2011

The Art of Natural Colors. Dyes, Pigments and Artisans of Oaxaca
Oaxaca is color! From the walls of the colonial buildings, the frescos in the Zapotec temples, the piles of food in the markets to the colors of her textiles, pottery and contemporary paintings, color is everywhere. In coordination with Kansas State University and professor Sherry Haar, we take a journey into the world of Oaxaca’s natural colors.

Nine Nights, $1,740 January 3-12, 2012
Fiber Arts of the Oaxacan Coast
Some of the very best of Mexico’s indigenous weaving is found along remote reaches of the Oaxaca coast. We go visiting Mixtec and Amuzgo backstrap weavers, hand spinners and natural dyers as well as taking a trip to a remote beach with one of the last traditional murex dyers on the planet. And it’s carnival week so we’ll cross paths with some mischievousness.
Eight nights, $1,795 January 21-29, 2012
Creative Hands. Folk Artists of the Oaxaca Valley
Sunday to Market and Revolutionary Potters. Five Thousand Weavers! The Blind Potter and a Mirror to Build a Church. The Hidden Whittlers. Smoking Kilns and Recycled Art. 
Six nights, $1,445 February 11-17, 2012

Silk, Wool, and Corn Husks: Fiber Arts of Oaxaca
Sunday Market and Stone Tapestries. Masters of the Loom. Silk in the Sierra Madre. Urban Threads. Backstrap, Bugs and Cornhusks.

  March 3-9, 2012
Mayan Fibers and Culture
From the humid jungle lowlands of Chiapas to the misty uplands and villages of highly skilled Mayan weavers, this is a journey woven of handspun threads and culture diversity.
Nine Nights, $2,145 March 10-19, 2012
Michoacán Arts and the Great Easter Market
Into the marvelous, but seldom visited Purepecha highlands of Michoacan for the Easter folkart market, largest in the country, plus visits to potters, coppersmiths, mask carvers, reed weavers, beautiful colonial cities, markets and rural churches.
Nine nights, $1,980 March 26 - April 4, 2012

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