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Mexico City – Wandering Around
I parked the truck – had a few plants to sell and well – things got a bit carried away. I couldn’t get into the truck anymore but I found this super-convenient place to take a nap. Here is a very short clip of a virtuoso Traffic Policeman: TRAFFIC POLICE. Finally a clip of wandering…
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Making Pottery
The last stop in Teotihuacan Valley was a women’s pottery-making cooperative run by these two women: The women live in a compound with various apartments that they have had built. Their tools for making pottery are very basic: a corn cob, some rubber, a coconut shell etc. They don’t have a wheel – just a…
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Weaving Cooperative
Traditionally women stayed at home and cooked for the family but a number of women started cooperatives in the Teotihuacan Valley. In some cases this was because the men had left to try to find a better life in the US leaving the women behind. In this video the cooperative of women is within a…
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Making Candles
We took a trip to the Teotihuacan Valley. First stop was a famous candle maker. Pictures below show the basic bees wax which she heats and pours as she is demonstrating (standing on a rickety chair). It takes her a week to create one of the giant candle sticks you see here.
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Flowering Tree
I don’t know what the name of this tree is but I was told that it has few leaves, flowers and then remains pretty much bare until it flowers again.
WR Foster 