Community Project
Kuautli achtli- Comunidad de Río Grande. Escuela Bachilleres Emiliano Zapata
A group of students from the “Emiliano Zapata” High School in Rio Grande, Oaxaca, were invited to an introductory talk where the origin of the national shield, its historical background, and the value of its meaning were explained. Likewise, we talked about the importance of corn in our culture, its history and ritual significance, about what its consumption entails in daily life beyond the culinary. Each student was asked to make two clay tamales containing a One peso Mexican coin. Tamales were then wrapped in a corn husk. The final part of the action was the intake of real mole tamales, ending a collective ritual that included a new understanding of these two daily life objects.
A group of students from the “Emiliano Zapata” High School in Rio Grande, Oaxaca, were invited to an introductory talk where the origin of the national shield, its historical background, and the value of its meaning were explained. Likewise, we talked about the importance of corn in our culture, its history and ritual significance, about what its consumption entails in daily life beyond the culinary. Each student was asked to make two clay tamales containing a One peso Mexican coin. Tamales were then wrapped in a corn husk. The final part of the action was the intake of real mole tamales, ending a collective ritual that included a new understanding of these two daily life objects.
