Zaachila Market, Altars & XoXo Cemetery
The Zaachila Market is the most traditional of all Tianguis as it is completely open-air - today you will still find vendors who sit on the floor with extended tablecloths to display their merchandise. Zaachila was historically the Zapotec capital of Oaxaca after Monte Alban fell under the control of the Mixtec’s, thus becoming a focal point for trade within the Oaxaca Valley. Today the Zaachila market is practically the same, sellers and consumers from the surrounding villages come to the Zaachila market to do business with all the things necessary for everyday life. The market sells a wide variety of flowers, fruits, vegetables, tools, seeds, dry food and much more - there is even a thriving cattle market. In the Zaachila market you will find a wide variety of flowers, fruits, vegetables, tools, seeds, dry food and much more; there is even a thriving cattle market. Year after year, in the municipal esplanade, next to the main clock, they place altars with arches of flowers and cane; in the seven floors of the offering, chocolate, mole, mezcal and coffee are always present as well as several sugar skulls of all sizes, yolk bread, seasonal fruit and cigars. In the center there are photographs of the honored ones and one or another Christian image.
Tonight we will visit the XoXo Cemetery. Night time is when the towns people tend to take care of their dead all night, decorating the tombs in a special way, accompanied by music, mezcal and food.
Breakfast included.
