Maymester in Oaxaca, Mexico 🇲🇽 {SPAN-396: Oaxaca and Oaxacalifornia: Culture, Cuisine and Biodiversity} Led by @usc_laic Prof. Sarah Portnoy, students explored Oaxacan culture, food, art, agriculture, and biodiversity. 🔆 Monte Alban Ruins, the most iconic archaeological site of the Valley of Oaxaca. 🔆 Sunday Tlacolula Market. A section of huarache (sandals) sellers. 🔆 Women's Weaving Cooperative Vida Nueva in Teotitlán del Valle. Using plants, insects, and fruits to make natural dyes. This is pomegranate used to make maroon. 🔆 Bike tour of Oaxaca, in front of Santo Domingo Church. 🔆 Tostadas, guacamole and chapulines (roasted grasshoppers). 🔆 Pitayo ceramic workshop in Aztompa. Students made their own ceramics and ate with a family of artisans. 🔆 Cooking class with Sabor Zapoteco Cooking School in the indigenous town of Teotitlán del Valle, run by Reyna Mendoza. 🔆 Workshop with Jacob and María Ángeles in San Martín Tilcajete. Students painted their alebrijes, brigh...