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Welcome to the Oaxaca Profundo blog!

Here we have compiled some of what our session animators and friends have written regarding our time, place, cultures, and collective collaborations. Topics range from cacao forests to ancient legends to recent work we have been undertaking together.

Ghos-ti: On Radical Hospitality

Once upon a time, there was a word that would later be forgotten, but which was the foundation for the ancient western understandings of hospitality. That word is ghos-ti. Today, nobody knows if this word actually existed as it is a linguistic construction of scholars who used later words to trace those back to this

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The Ask: Help Support Oaxaca Profundo via Donation

  Good day friends, strangers, and everyone in between, May the times we’re in not be strangers to you. Likewise may they not have become too burdensome on your days. We imagine that such hope and such petitions might sound impossible, given the circumstances, but perhaps there’s a glimmer in there. Somewhere. Solidarity, perhaps, among

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There is No Such Thing as Ceremonial Grade Cacao (Part 2)

This is “Part 2” of a two-part essay on cacao ceremonies and ceremonial grade cacao. Part 1, entitled “What Modern Cacao Ceremonies Forget” can be found here. I write this, in part, because I’ve had countless people come to me and ask me to speak to them about cacao ceremonies. More and more, people ask

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What Modern Cacao Ceremonies Forget (Part 1)

This is “Part 1” of a two-part essay on cacao ceremonies and ceremonial cacao. Part 2, entitled “There is no Such Thing as Ceremonial Grade Cacao” can be found here. By the power vested in me by absolutely nobody at all I do, hereby, declare that there is no correlation (in any way, shape or

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The Return of Tourism or Deep Learning? A 2021 Update

The Return of Tourism Deep Learning: Was the Plague Enough? The return of tourism has begun in Oaxaca. It has begun and we don’t know whether to celebrate normalcy or lament it. For a long time the streets of this overtouristed city were empty. It was a welcome sight for most. The city had finally

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Worlds Gone By, Worlds at Hand, Worlds to Come – A 2020 Update

  (Español Abajo) A letter detailing the COVID-19 fallout, Oaxaca Profundo Sessions, and Hospitality Good morning friends and followers, It’s been awhile. 5 months, in fact, since our last session, since most of anything worthy of being gathered in together has happened. For most of us, that is. This is a little update from us,

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Mayahuel, Goddess of Pulque

Mayahuel: el mito de creación del maguey (y el pulque)

Escrito por Oaxaca Profundo animador/facilitador Vinik Juré De una leyenda oscura sobre la creación del mundo nahua surge la siguiente historia que cuenta la creación del maguey por el Dios del Viento, Ehécatl, y la bella Mayahuel o Meyahuel (Diosa de pulque): Cuando los dioses decidieron crear nuevamente al hombre, dos criaturas humanas cobraron vida de los restos de un

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Oaxacan Cacao, Community, and Comida

  Oaxacan Cacao, Community, and Comida: Journeying into the Heart of Mexico Profundo August 1, 2020 It all started about a year ago — in San Marcos, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. There, I had the honour of participating in, of all things, a cacao ceremony. What followed was a journey down the spiral staircase into the

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Attention Writers, Scholars, Cultivators and Curators:

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  • star rating  We started our 5 day adventure in Oaxaca with the chocolate and Maize tour by Chris. We had 2 teens... read more

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    Kirsten D
    March 18, 2020

    star rating  we really appreciated our experience with Chris today during our chocolate and maize session. we... read more

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    lorih567
    February 28, 2020
  • star rating  If you want to learn about Oaxacan pottery, this is it. The driver and "animator" picked us up in Oaxaca City and drove us to Atzompa, a town famous for... read more its pottery. We learned the ceramic making process from the clay to the mixing to the sculpting and burning. I was surprised

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    Pepe
    February 1, 2020

    star rating  we really appreciated our experience with Chris today during our chocolate and maize session. we learned a tremendous amount about the history of chocolate and maize in Oaxaca specifically, and... read more it was all fascinating. we certainly loved all the amazing chocolate we got to try,

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    lori h
    February 1, 2020
  • star rating  I can only reiterate what everyone else has said. Excellent knowledge and great respect for the local culture. You get to taste chocolate and corn but you... read more also get to know a lot more about the importance of both.

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    Andrea Middleton
    January 1, 2020

    star rating  Even though I have been living in Oaxaca for 3 years, I had never thought of pulque as an important part of the local cultural heritage, blinded by the overwhelming... read more mezcal fever that is everywhere. I was extremely pleased and intrigued to discover the secrets behind the

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    Rougetomate
    December 1, 2019
  • star rating  From the earth, transformed through fire, to the final pottery – Earth, Fire, Food! A mult-faceted approach to this hands-on & multisensory experience. From history, to culture, to... read more geography, rituals, geology, language, ceramics and chocolate & food - lots of attention to

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    Larissa Rolley
    December 1, 2019

    star rating  great content! great animator! an excellent choice for a visit in Oaxaca, getting to know the family of artist was the best experience

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    oaxacagranformato
    December 1, 2019
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