The Oaxaca Diaries 2021: Comparsa in Jalatlaco
The authorities officially canceled every event due to the COVID pandemic emergency. However, people have done something self-financing. Talking to people there is hope that next year we can return to a more normal situation. For the state of Oaxaca, the economy relies heavily on tourism and dia de muertos is a great source of income from an economic point of view. With this idea in mind, I went to Jalatlaco, a barrio that I have known and learned to love since 2016.
Andador - Oaxaca, 2021
Yellow - Oaxaca, 2021
Before going to Jalatlaco with me, let me share some thoughts on this photo.
A photo completely out of context and that can be taken anywhere in the world. Not something that you think to include in the storytelling of the day of the dead documentation.
An unbalanced shot, however, that emphasizes an aesthetic dear to me. Snap made instinctively, full of a certain 80’s photography that I loved and that still exercises certain references especially in my fashionista part.
Welcome to Jalatlaco - Oaxaca, 2021
Jalatlaco - Oaxaca, 2021
Make up - Oaxaca, 2021
Catrina Make Up -Oaxaca, 2021
Catrina Make Up 2 - Oaxaca, 2021
Catrina Make Up 3 - Oaxaca, 2021
Catrina Make Up 4 - Oaxaca, 2021
Coffee - Oaxaca, 2021
It was a night of dancing and masking both in Jalatlaco and in the streets of downtown Oaxaca. Despite the prohibitions of the authorities, people gathered in dances and songs where the mezcal ran in rivers.
I met a friend and we enjoyed cheese and cured meats in a restaurant, accompanied by wine. To dispose of the wine my wife and I ate a fantastic grilled tlayuda in the historic center.
