{"id":6990,"date":"2023-01-09T19:55:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T00:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/?p=6990"},"modified":"2023-01-10T21:40:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T02:40:54","slug":"6990-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/es\/6990-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tilcajete, Oaxaca and its artisans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tilcajete, Oaxaca<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The name &#8220;Tilcajete&#8221; is composed of &#8220;Til&#8221;, meaning &#8220;cochineal ink&#8221;; and &#8220;Cajete&#8221;, meaning a mound of surrounding stones at the source of water from a waterwheel or well.<\/p>\n<p>El Cajete, formerly supplied water to its population. In ancient times its people were dedicated to produce cochineal ink to apply it as a dye in their clothing. One of its representative garments is called &#8220;Tilmas&#8221;, which are aprons in the shape of a half circle held by two straps at the waist used by men and women who used it to cover themselves.<\/p>\n<h2><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6995\" src=\"http:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-3.jpg\" alt=\"Tilcajete, Oaxaca \" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-3-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Currently the &#8220;Tilmas&#8221; are used only by dancers who dance the &#8220;Feather Dance&#8221;, of Aztec and Spanish origin in the viceroyalty era, representing the conquest of the Valley of Anahuac by Hernan Cort\u00e9s and its triumph of Catholicism over the native religions, it was an auxiliary means of evangelization and diffusion from its place of origin in Cuilapam de Guerrero through the central valleys of the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6997\" src=\"http:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-5.jpg\" alt=\"Tilcajete, Oaxaca \" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-5.jpg 900w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-5-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6994\" src=\"http:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-2.jpg\" alt=\"Tilcajete Oaxaca artisans\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-2-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>The Feather Dance is considered the greatest jewel of Oaxacan traditions and the most important dance of the state of Oaxaca.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tilcajete artisans are dedicated to wood crafts and elaboration of the famous &#8220;Alebrijes&#8221;\u00a0 Its several wood arts workshops designs evoke themes related to our culture and nature, usually of real, imaginary, and mystical animals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6996\" src=\"http:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-4.jpg\" alt=\"Tilcajete, Oaxaca\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tilcajete-4-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At Emark DMC\u00ae Oaxaca we can show you many extraordinary experiences with our professional bilingual tour guides and show you our richness full of history and traditions in your vacations for family, friends, or groups. We will be happy to quote you memorable trips to anywhere in Mexico. For further information, please send us an email to <a href=\"mailto:info@emarkgroup.com\">info@emarkgroup.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tilcajete artisans are dedicated to wood crafts and elaboration of the famous &#8220;Alebrijes&#8221; The name &#8220;Tilcajete&#8221; is composed of &#8220;Til&#8221;, meaning &#8220;cochineal ink&#8221;; and &#8220;Cajete&#8221;, meaning a mound of surrounding stones at the source of water from a waterwheel.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,27,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-handcrafts","category-traditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emarkdmc.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}