Eliseo Ramirez (Zapotec) was 23 years old when he decided he needed to make a concerted effort to help revitalize his Zapotec culture. As an artist and cooperative leader, he keeps his culture alive not only through his business, Khadi Oaxaca—a collective of over 450 local families and artisans weaving intricate designs and creating beautiful works of art but also through weaving workshops where cultural knowledge is passed down from generation to generation.
By: Radio Tosepan Limakxtum
Por Radio Tosepan Limakxtum
Reposted from WACC
Six Indigenous community radio stations in Oaxaca, Guerrero and Mexico states will soon be equipped with skills and tools that will help them become technologically self-sufficient, as part of a project co-funded by WACC and US-based NGO Cultural Survival.
Angélica Ayala (Nahua)
In 2012, during the administrations of former Mexican President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa and Governor Graco Ramírez Abreu, a roadwork project sponsored by the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) was approved. The project will widen a 20 kilometer highway through El Tepozteco National Park and the Ajusco-Chichinautzin Biologic Corridor into a four-lane roadway. These areas comprise an area protected by a presidential decree.
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