Thursday, December 4, 2014

THANKSGIVING IN PATZCUARO

Although the Patzcuarans were happily unaware that we were non-celebrating there.


A couple of women in local garb.  I loved those aprons.  Coke is the human fuel of Mexico.  Even abuelas drink it.


My Thanksgiving dinner was a plate of tiny silver fried fish, heads and eyes included.  El sr J chose something else on the menu.  As you can see by my attire, it was really cold there.


We were the only people in the tour van so I requested and got a side trip to a cemetery.


Santa Clara de Cobre is a small town near Patzcuaro in which 90% of the males work in copper.  All the copper is from recycled material.  Above is a chunk of it which is going to be heated and hammered down.


The fire


The hammering.  Manly men.


We each chose a pot.


I'm willing them to my sister.

1 comment:

  1. The copper pots are beautiful, and I'm envious. Maybe we need to go back to Patzcuaro ourselves.

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