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THE "BEATING HEART" OF CONTEMPORARY SA...IN PHOTOS
THE "BEATING HEART" OF CONTEMPORARY SA...IN PHOTOS
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MEXICO!: THE 'PLAZA' IS CENTRAL TO LIFE ALL ACROSS THE SPANISH-SPEAKING AMERICAS - FROM MEXICO AND GUATEMALA TO ARGENTINA.
AND ON SUNDAY, AFTER CHURCH, ALL THE OLD TRADITIONS STILL APPLY, ENRICHING LIVES OF ALL THOSE WHO PARTAKE OF THIS TIMELESS RITUAL... SEE BELOW...*
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MEXICO!: THE 'PLAZA' IS CENTRAL TO LIFE ALL ACROSS THE SPANISH-SPEAKING AMERICAS - FROM MEXICO AND GUATEMALA TO ARGENTINA.
AND ON SUNDAY, AFTER CHURCH, ALL THE OLD TRADITIONS STILL APPLY, ENRICHING LIVES OF ALL THOSE WHO PARTAKE OF THIS TIMELESS RITUAL... SEE BELOW...*
DOMINGO EN LA PLAZA (SUNDAY IN THE PARK), OAXACA, MEXICO
The painful truth is, as a documentary shutterbug, I find almost everything worthy of my photographic eye. My patient wife can confirm this... I'm going to use this new "QUICK SNAPSHOT!" page, regularly, to share some single shot photos from all over the world that I think you'll be interested in learning about. Here goes...
*OAXACA, DEEP IN THE SOUTH OF MEXICO, IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE COMMUNITIES, ANYWHERE. THERE'S A VENEER OF TOURISM, SEASONALLY. BUT THE 'CENTRAL' STILL FEELS AS IT ALWAYS HAS, STEEPED IN TRADITIONS WORN INTO THE COBBLED STREETS OVER CENTURIES. COURTING TEENAGERS STROLL AROUND THE PLAZA, KEEN TO STEAL A QUICK 'BESO' (KISS). MINDFUL PARENTS RELAX ON PARK BENCHES, ENJOYING A DAY OFF FROM LABOUR. THERE'S A DISTINCT MAYAN (INDIAN) LOOK TO MANY OF THE FACES... TO MAKE A SMALL, SIMPLE DAY PERFECT, MANY WILL SMACK THEIR LIPS OVER A 'TORTA POLLO' (CHICKEN SANDWICH ON A CHEWY ROLL), HANDCRAFTED BY STREET VENDORS. "MAS CHILES, SENOR?", THEY WILL POLITELY ENQUIRE. TO MAKE THE DAY COMPLETE, WHY NOT SAVOUR AN 'HELADO' (ICE CREAM) AND TAP A FOOT TO THE OAXACA POLICE BAND?
