Arrazola & Zaachila
Charly and I took the long way around to Arrazola about 10 miles south of Oaxaca City where copal wood Alebrijas are made…the most famous craft in Oaxaca. Most of the pieces are carved out of one piece of wood with crude knives…with maybe some wings or a snake or a tongue attached.
The large ones like this cost several hundred dollars.
My favorites were the little geckos for $6 that you can arrange crawling up and down your walls.
On wednesday we went to Zaachila thinking it was market day. Nope…it’s thursday. That will have to wait for another time. But the tejate was great.
Tags: Mexico, Oaxaca
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