Being a very small place, and one where religion is fused with the state to form a single power, the holy week Aquixtla is of prime importance.The procession begins in Atexca at 8 am and ends at Cuaitieco at 1 pm. One part is by highway and the other on dirt roads. It is monumental the amount of people…
Semana Santa en Aquixtla
Siendo un lugar muy pequeño, y uno en donde la religión se fusiona con el estado para formar un único poder, la semana santa en Aquixtla, tiene una enorme relevancia. La procesión empieza en Atexca a las 8 de la mañana y termina en Cuaitieco a la 1 de la tarde. Una parte se hace…
Viacrucis en Aquixtla….parte II
El Manzanito (The Apple Tree)
Original version in spanish from: http://lideres.ethos.org.mx/ “El manzanito” is a community of Chignahuapan, Aquixtla contiguous municipality. The road is unpaved and extremely sad. The region was until recently one of those special forests in the world, located more than 2000 meters above sea level, the views were spectacular: mountains full of trees, which seemed to change color with…
Chronicles of a trip
People! As many of you know, I am travelling now, and this time it will be more than days, or weeks, it will be two months. I am living in Aquixtla, Puebla, a small town (less than 1500 inhabitants) in the center of Mexico. It is a pictoresque,cold and colorful town in the middle of…