I spent a week in smalltown Oaxaca, Mexico for a local cultural celebration no foreigner has experienced (**this is a side of Mexico they don't want you to see**)
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Come with me to experience this AMAZING week of Oaxacan festivities in a small town you've probably never heard of called Santa Maria Mixtequilla. The reason I say that is because NO ONE has ever made a vlog of this place before.

One of my good friends Ivett's family is from this small town and she invited me to come here and get the local's perspective on this incredible cultural experience. Every year the people of Santa Maria Mixtequilla throw a huge festivallike celebration they call "Fiestas patronales de la Virgin Santa Catalina de Siena."

This Mexico vlog includes:
Multiple elaborate parades filled with music, candythrowing, and townspeople dressed in traditional Oaxacan clothing
A behindthescenes look at Oaxacan food is made
Adorable animals like pollito, my adopted chickadee
A look at the beautiful clothing worn in this region (huipiles and enaguas) and how women do their hair and makeup
Crazy pyrotechnics called toritos and the castillo
The 5hour expedition for "forest flowers"
One of my favorite parts called the "fruitthrowing parade" where the royal procession and others in town throw thousands of items into the street for the spectators
And MORE!

Let me know in a comment what you think of this festival. Would you like to see more videos like this?

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