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Zapotec cultural tourist center
House thes masks
Oaxaca will always be a reference when it comes to tradition, art, history, mysticism or spirituality.
Its cultural richness is as wide as it is ancient. A few years ago in the city of Oaxaca, he began a research and dissemination project on the Zapotec culture that today is a reality. Casa las máscaras is a place where you can feel the magic of that ancestral worldview, the visitor can interact in an experiential way the most varied expressions of the ceremonial rituals of the Zapotec people, see and feel that the fire comes out of your body to clean your energy or call your "tona" to regain joy, it becomes a unique and spiritual experience.
People from all over the world visit the beautiful Antequera as this city is also known, in its internationally famous traditional festivities visitors crowd its streets expressing the pleasant impression of what Oaxaca represents in the field of painting, music, arts plastic etc They enjoy its rich gastronomy in the markets, inns, stalls and restaurants. They find a great variety of attractive spaces to take pictures, of course its archaeological zones such as Mitla and Monte Albán, give an idea of the splendor of this ancestral Zapotec town.
Every woman or man who today proudly shows the greatness of this land brings with them the inheritance of their ancestors to those they respect, with whom they speak and to those who celebrate, from them they learned to cultivate the land, to thank the rains, the birth ritual and thank mother earth for her generosity. Since ancient times, to heal the body, mind and soul, they celebrate the ritual of the temazcal or a bath and cleanse with herbs. To find out what fate has in store, they go to fortune tellers, to consult or cast "luck" in reading the corn, the stars, the stones, the bones, etc. This practice is cultural, no one brought it, it is a legacy of the clouds, which is where they come from.
Casa las máscaras is the result of years of teamwork, which is why today it is already a must visit to learn more about this amazing Zapotec culture. Hundreds of people from all over the world have toured this peculiar house leaving written testimony on its walls of what they have experienced.
Just 25 minutes from the city is Casa las máscaras, in Trinidad de Viguera.
You can not stop visiting it!
