Red clay in Oaxaca is special due to its unique properties and long history of use in pottery making, particularly by the Zapotec and Mixteca communities. The clay is known for its heat resistance, allowing it to be used for cooking directly on a fire or in an oven. It's also prized for its natural color and the ability to create durable, traditional cookware

We will explore natural dyeing in relation to the geographic context we inhabit with TEXERE’s co-founder Ana Cris Medina.

Color has historically been an expression of territory, as local materials have been used not only as a source of color, but also as mordants and modifiers. In Oaxaca, it has been traditionally used in Indigenous communities, and today, its practice has expanded among contemporary textile artists.

We will have both a theoretical and practical session. We’ll talk about different types of fibers, including those of cellulose and protein origin. We’ll go over the various stages in preparing our fibers: from cleaning, mordanting, extracting color, dyeing, and overdyeing. We’ll also discuss how to properly clean and care for dyed fibers.

Our cacao workshop will be led by Chima Cacao with an introduction to the world of Oaxacan cacao, to identify the organoleptic qualities of each seed, you will learn the difference between cacao, commercial chocolate and conscious chocolate.

Following the introduction, we will roast the cocoa on a clay comal, this comal comes from the community of San Marcos Tlapazola (Central Valleys, Oaxaca).

We will peel cacao with our hands; as we perform this ritual, we will share part of the history and culture of cacao in our community.

We will transform cocoa into chocolate in an artisanal way.

Here you'll choose the sugar percentage for your chocolate, mixing it with different ingredients from the region.

We will peel cacao with our hands; as we perform this ritual, we will share part of the history and culture of cacao in our community.

Finally, we'll show you how to prepare your drink using a molinillo, a traditional kitchen utensil that helps us incorporate and blend the chocolate.

We will close by enjoying your drink with a cocoa-based snack.

Each person takes home their own chocolate, made with their own hands.

The temazcal is a prehispanic ritual for cleaning, detoxifying and purifying one’s mind, body and spirit. It is an herbal steam bath, during which a (curandera) will perform a cleansing ritual to release all bad energies from your body.