Oaxaca Mexico Weblog / Category / » Oaxaca CelebrationsWhat is the Guelaguetza Hill’s Mondays?Posteado el May 15, 2008 - Categorizado en Hill's Mondays Feast, Oaxaca Celebrations
The Guelaguetza Hill’s Mondays stated in the offering to the city of Oaxaca that make groups representing the seven traditional regions: * The Central Valleys Hill’s Mondays FeastPosteado el May 15, 2008 - Categorizado en Hill's Mondays Feast, Oaxaca Celebrations The holding of “Hill’s Mondays Feast” takes place in Oaxaca City, there are 2 consecutive Monday following the July 16 and is an event that includes all the Oaxacan people, irrespective of social status.
Apparently, this holiday has its origins in colonial times and are related to the call of the feast of Corpus Christi Church del Carmen Alto, Carmelites built the temple at the foot of a hill to which the Zapotecs had called the Bella Vista, and was being held on Sunday following the July 16 and was repeated eight days later in the so-called “eighth”.
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The word Guelaguetza comes from Zapotec and means the act of participating cooperating, is a gift without economic value, that does not involve more than the obligation of reciprocity.
