Oaxaca City - Guelaguetza

We unwittingly arrived in Oaxaca City during the biggest festival of the year - Guelaguetza! The festival is part of a long tradition in which the inhabitants of the surrounding villages come to Oaxaca City (the capital of the province) to share gifts with each other and with the people of the City. Each village presents and competes with the other villages to have the best music (you can hear brass bands everywhere), the best dancing (all in their traditional dress for that village), and the best produce (weaving, jewelery, chocolate, cheese, mezcal...). We saw numerous parades, with music, dancing, and gifts of chocolate and mezcal!

The street food was delicious!

... And the atmosphere infectious!!!