Tag: actividad cultural

Are there circus groupies?

The 4th annual festival of alternative arts (Festival Siguientescena 2011) in town did not disappoint last week. Consisting of “unconventional theater, dance, and circus” performances, the general quality of the talent was extremely high. Full of great music, dance, and people doing generally crazy things with their bodies, these types of performances are some of my […]

Monday is for Organization

But here is a placeholder while I process the 45 or so images that I want to post from the Festival Siguientescena. This is my final photo of the evening and the festival, because my battery died right after I took this one. So fitting though, because b-boy Gregory from Canada was probably my favorite […]

Cultural Event – Ya ximhai xa nsu (Territorios de lo Sagrado)

On Sunday, I went to the closing day of a cultural exhibition on the indigenous people Otomi-Chichimecas or Hñahñu. The exhibition was highlighting the yearly pilgrimage of the Otomi-Chichimecas, Ya ximhai xa nsu, which translates to “Territories of the sacred or precious land”. I did not actually get a chance to see most of the exhibit, but […]

mmm…cerebros…

It was quite a weekend, which started on Thursday. By Saturday afternoon I felt like a zombie, which coincided perfectly with the Zombie Walk 2011 through the center of town. I was missing the obvious blood, but my hands were fairly scraped up on close inspection after having spend the morning (apparently somewhat desperately) clinging […]

See, I told you

about the invasion. Came upon these two guys on the street. They are promoting a zombie walk in town next week. More pictures almost undoubtedly to come, because this sounds interesting. If the other participants are as committed to their make-up as these two, then it should be a great sight.

Leftovers

I’ve been working on a personal presentation to give to people at my site as a way of introducing myself, my background, and more former work. So, I’ve been going through a lot of pictures, and I found a bunch of stragglers that didn’t quite make the cut the first time. However, a lot of […]

Wine and cheese in Tequis

For the first weekend free from training and the last weekend with some friends before they move to their sites, we spent the day in Tequisquiapan at the wine and cheese festival. Underwhelming in terms of wine and cheese, but we did find a decent sparkling white and manchego to snack on. Tequis is a charming town, […]

Day trip – San Miguel de Allende

Only one thing is missing, the pictures of the best part – La Gruta. However, I’ve been light on posting pictures of old churches. So, here you go.

Nortec Collective – great show

The annual Festival de Santiago started in Querétaro on Wednesday. There are simultaneous performances on-going during the evenings in many of the gardens around town. We went to see the Nortec Collective show at the recommendation of our Spanish teachers, who were excited all day. To introduce us to the music before the show, we […]