| There are more than a hundred
towns called Etla in the state of Oaxaca.
MARKET
Market day in Villa de Etla is Wednesday. The Sunday market is
also large. Specialties include meats (chorizo, cecina) and cooked
dishes including enchiladas, barbacoa and caldo de menudo.
NATURAL WORLD
This is an humid region of the Central
Valley. The local swimming pool is the Vista Hermosa Balnario.
ARCHAEOLOGY
Outside Guadalupe Etla, San
José El Mogote was once of the most important urban centers
in the Americas.
REYES
Reyes Etla hosts its own Guelaguetza
in July.
SAN AGUSTIN
San Agustín Etla is home to a new cottage industry -- hand-made
paper. The town's first paper-making workshop is Taller Arte Papel
Oaxaca in Vista Hermosa. Visits are scheduled in the early morning
hours at this innovative workshop housed in the ex-hydroelectric
plant. More information is available at the Instituto
de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca.
Another workshop is Papel Oaxaca, which offers courses
on paper-making and green-building techniques.
SAN LORENZO CACAOTEPEC
Seasons of my Heart
offers cooking classes in San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, Etla.
SANTIAGO
Santiago Etla hosts its town festival on January 21.
SANTO DOMINGO
Neighborhoods are the Alta and Bajo.
MATADAMAS
Village
CULTURE
The Centro
de Las Artes de San Agustín (CASA) opened in March 2006.
Launched by artist Francisco
Toledo, who has since left the project, the Centro de Artes
has received support from the state and federal government, including
Conculta (National Council for Culture and the Arts) and CENART
(National Center for the Arts).
Located in the renovated Vista Hermosa textile mill, CASA is an
educational center and workshop which aspires toward 'eco-friendly'
technologies.
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