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TRIP AND WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
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Price |
Dates |
Zapotec Festival - El Rosario
An unparalleled opportunity to immerse yourself in the heart of a traditional Zapotec festival in one of Oaxaca’s most lovely and friendly villages, Teotitlan del Valle |
Eight nights, $1,680 |
TBA - Late September to early October, 2010 |
Photographing Oaxaca with Tony and Eric Mindling
A trip designed for and led by photographers. This father and son team, both with nearly two decades of experience photographing in Oaxaca, will lead a journey that takes in a delightful variety of their favorite photo opportunities. |
Nine nights, $2,050 |
October 9-18, 2010 |
The Return of the Souls . . .Day of the Dead in Backcactus Oaxaca >>TRIP FULL<<
The most glorious time of year in Oaxaca! Off-the-beaten path visits to potters, weavers, crumbling churches, small town markets and graveyards filled with marigolds and candles, plus the delights of Oaxaca city. |
Ten nights, $2,170 |
October 24-November 3, 2010 |
Mayan Fibers and Day of the Dead
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, 2010 |
New itinerary! Silk, Wool and Threaded Flowers. Zapotec and Huave textiles of Oaxaca.
From the Sierra Madre to the Oaxacan Coast, this remarkable and diverse journey takes us to one of the last sericulture villages in Mexico, a village of 5,000 tapestry weavers and into the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to visit of village of Zapotec embroiders and Huave backstrap weavers. |
Ten nights, $1,795 |
February 12-20, 2011 |
Fiber Arts of the Oaxaca Coast and Carnival
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 |
March 5-13, 2011 |
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 |
April 3-12, 2011 |
Murex, Cochineal, and Indigo! Oaxaca Natural Dye Workshop
Cochineal, indigo and other dyes worked with in the mega-weaving village, Teotitlan del Valle. Bush planes take us to the Oaxacan coast to dye murex with the last of the Mixtec dyers.
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Nine nights, $2,490 |
March 10-19, 2011 |
Quickfire Wizards
Culture and pottery of Oaxaca |
Nine nights, $1,980 |
March 26-April 4, 2011 |
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 |
April 11-20, 2011 |
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