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The Women of Oaxaca
From the smoke-filled comales of Mercado 20 de Noviembre to high-end textile cooperatives, the matriarchs who safeguard ancestral heirloom recipes and master weaving secrets.
Around the glowing comal, wisdom is passed with rhythmic slaps of masa. The women of Oaxaca hold within their hands centuries of indigenous botany, natural dyes, and complex moles that define Mexican culinary identity.
