The Fiesta de Culturas Indígenas is held in the Zócalo at the end of August every year for two weeks. A well-organized colourful event, the Fair is a great place to learn about some of the indigenous groups in Mexico and also to taste their food, buy their art and crafts or watch them dance.We started Photo Walk Nº82 outside the Cathedral in the Zócalo and while waiting for the Fair to open, we headed down Calle Moneda towards the Santissima church to see some street art. On our way, we experienced the daily life of this part of the city, capturing some interesting shots with our cameras. Although the street art around here used to be based on the theme of Indigenous Groups, we discovered it had recently been painted over which was somewhat disappointing. However, there was a lot more to see and photograph in this part of the Centro Histórico which is off most tourist trails.Returning to the Fair in the Zócalo, we wandered around the stands crammed with food and crafts from Oaxaca, Nayarit, Baja California, Guerrero, Puebla and other states and watched the Aztec dancers on the stage. Among other things, we savoured esquites, pan de elote, tlayudas from Oaxaca, aguas de sabores and someone was even brave enough to taste the roasted grasshoppers covered in chocolate.Towards the end, we watched a rug weaver from Teotitlán del Valle in Oaxaca working on his loom and a Huichol man from Jalisco covering figures of animals with thousands of tiny beads.All in all, it was a great opportunity to photograph indigenous cultures without having to leave Mexico City or travel far and wide around the country!
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