Two artist's dates:
Two weeks ago, while on a photo shoot in a multitudinary first-communion ceremony, I came upon an extraordinary display of religious veneration. For its annual festivity, the Church of St. Andrew, the Patron of the town of San Andrés Cholula, was profusely decorated with flowers, garlands, and other ornaments. The main focus, however, was the central path which was “carpeted”. Sand, seeds, shells, glass, and other tiny materials were carefully placed on the floor to create “mosaics” of seven different worshipped figures along with vignettes and various embellishments. I was awed by the general visual illusion of it, and even more when I got close up and admired the detailed work of the craftsmen.
I wasn’t planning on this being an artist’s date, but sometimes, when you make time for artist’s dates and begin seeking them, they begin to come to you and appear unexpectedly :)
What would my surprise be that, within St. Andrew’s festivities, a group of dancers from Oaxaca were scheduled to perform the “Guelaguetza”, one of the most internationally-renown dances from Mexico. I had never had the opportunity to see it before… and I was blown away. The show was a good 2 1/2 hours long with about 11 or 12 different dances from different regions of the State of Oaxaca with change of costumes for each one. The costumes were absolutely fabulous. Between dances, they also threw different crafts to the crowd. The narrator explained that it’s a tradition to give them as presents. He also explained a little bit of the history of each of the dances. This gave much more insight of the dance that was about to be performed.
The performance was free, but I bought from them a CD with the music. I believe the group was quite good, and I just wished that the stage would’ve been more up to par.
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Two weeks ago, while on a photo shoot in a multitudinary first-communion ceremony, I came upon an extraordinary display of religious veneration. For its annual festivity, the Church of St. Andrew, the Patron of the town of San Andrés Cholula, was profusely decorated with flowers, garlands, and other ornaments. The main focus, however, was the central path which was “carpeted”. Sand, seeds, shells, glass, and other tiny materials were carefully placed on the floor to create “mosaics” of seven different worshipped figures along with vignettes and various embellishments. I was awed by the general visual illusion of it, and even more when I got close up and admired the detailed work of the craftsmen.
I wasn’t planning on this being an artist’s date, but sometimes, when you make time for artist’s dates and begin seeking them, they begin to come to you and appear unexpectedly :)
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What would my surprise be that, within St. Andrew’s festivities, a group of dancers from Oaxaca were scheduled to perform the “Guelaguetza”, one of the most internationally-renown dances from Mexico. I had never had the opportunity to see it before… and I was blown away. The show was a good 2 1/2 hours long with about 11 or 12 different dances from different regions of the State of Oaxaca with change of costumes for each one. The costumes were absolutely fabulous. Between dances, they also threw different crafts to the crowd. The narrator explained that it’s a tradition to give them as presents. He also explained a little bit of the history of each of the dances. This gave much more insight of the dance that was about to be performed.
The performance was free, but I bought from them a CD with the music. I believe the group was quite good, and I just wished that the stage would’ve been more up to par.
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