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4 SPOTS LEFT! Altar building & Tamal Making in Mitla

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Includes:

  • Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

  • Comfortable transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (1 hour each way)

  • Breakfast at our favorite taco spot in Oaxaca city

  • Participate in building an altar with a local family in their home, learning about the traditions of Day of the Dead in this Zapotec community

  • Traditional cooking class with a cocinera traditional making tamales traditionally served during this holiday season

  • Lunch that we prepare at the home of an antiques collector, learning about the pieces and history of mezcal in the region accompanied by our selection of traditional mezcal

  • Visit to Mitla ruins (entrance fee included, free time at ruins)

  • Visit to a traditional bakery making the special day of the dead bread

  • Drinking water and light snacks

  • Donation to women’s cooperative annual project