La leyenda maya del colibrí3/17/2024 “The fiesta is a cosmic experiment, an experiment in disorder, reuniting contradictory elements and principles in order to bring about a renascence of life.” Everything merges, loses shape and individuality and returns to the primordial mass.” “Everything is united: good and evil, day and night, the sacred and the profane. “In the confusion that it generates, society is dissolved, is drowned, insofar as it is an organism ruled according to certain laws and principles.” The important thing is to go out, open a way, get drunk on noise, people, colors.” “Do they forget themselves and show their true faces? Nobody knows. “Our poverty can be measured by the frequency and luxuriousness of our holidays.” “The art of the fiesta has been debased almost everywhere else, but not in Mexico.” “The solitary Mexican loves fiestas and public gatherings.” I couldn’t miss it - the cacophony of multiple bands, cohetes (rockets), and honking horns announced its arrival in my ‘hood! In the words of Octavio Paz, from The Labyrinth of Solitude… Today, the Gran Calenda del Mercado de Abastos (parade of the markets) passed within a block and a half of Casita Colibrí. The prehispanic riches of tejate and tamales - a couple of reasons why Oaxaca is a food lovers paradise.Īnother day, another parade. Chichilo mole is made from chilhuacle negro, mulatto, and pasilla chiles blackened tortillas and seeds of the chiles and avocado leaves, the latter imparting a subtle anise flavor. However, because chichilo mole originated in San Andrés Huayapam and is only served on special occasions (weddings, christenings, harvesting of crops), I always make sure to bring home a couple. I don’t really have a favorite - they are all so uniquely special. It reminded me of the lyrics from the Neil Diamond song, Sweet Caroline: Hands, touching hands, reaching out… Darn, I didn’t even see them! Though not a surprise because it was quite a scene as crowds amassed in front of the vendors placing their orders. The local newspaper reports there were also fish and shrimp tamales. There were mole negro (black mole) tamales wrapped in banana leaves…Īnd… flor de calabaza (squash blossom), amarillo (yellow mole), verde (green mole), chapulín (grasshopper), frijol (bean), and chepil (a wild herb) wrapped and steamed in corn husks. Tamal vendors from San Andrés Huayapam stood behind long tables lined with tin buckets, giant pots, and baskets covered with colorfully embroidered towels hiding every kind of tamal imaginable. As the name implies, the Feria del Tejate y el Tamal also featured tamales, along with yesterday’s blog post subject, Tejate, “Drink of the Gods”.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply.AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |