Wednesday, 12 March 2008

The Altars of the Zapotecs

Photograph © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights Reserved

It is customary for most of the Zapotec homes in the Oaxaca region to have a room or corner where an altar is maintained by the women of the house. It is a measure of the Zapotecs' hospitality that I was welcomed in some of these houses, and the gallery Altars of the Zapotec is the result.

The Altars of the Zapotecs

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