OAXACA

Oaxaca Market Project

MARKET WIKI
MEXICO FORUM

Barriga llena, corazón contento (A full stomach, a happy heart)
- Dichos

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PHOTO GALLERY: Oaxaca City Markets

The newly developing Oaxaca Market Project is an initiative of Planeta.com and friends in Oaxaca. This project encourages you to learn about the markets before a visit.

The objective is to educate visitors about the markets before their trip and to encourage visitors to rethink how they take photos in markets.

We ask visitors to print photos (seen here on Flickr) and give them back to the venders. Print out the whole page (Flickr logo included) and you give it away. This puts a new spin on the traditional 'take only photographs' mantra by giving the photos back and raising awareness and increasing purchases of traditional crafts and local food. What might be a rushed visit becomes a search for familiar faces and seasonal products.

MICROPHILANTHROPY

Working with local food and craft producers, we are developing the Oaxaca Market Project to provide internet training to locals and tipsheets and guides for visitors.

For those who wish to support this work, we are collecting funds for the workshops and to buy select goods direct from the artisans that will then be auctioned to raise additional funds for Planeta.com. Purchases are made at local markets, holiday fairs and from the homes of artisans.

ABOUT PLANETA.COM

Planeta.com is a pioneering website celebrating our 15th anniversary. We provide helpful resources for travelers and locals with a common vision of eco-friendly, people-friendly and place-friendly travel.

QUESTION - Could someone put me in contact with the alebrijes artists of San Antonio Arrazola?

ANSWER - It's best to visit in person! We'll try to provide updated info including the address any relevant website and Flickr links. The fact is that most artisans do not have email and phone numbers frequently change.