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Oaxaca en Utah

Mixteca

Oaxaca en Utah celebrates, shares, and carries forward Oaxaca's living cultural heritage through festivals, art, education, food, and community.

Cultural image representing Mixteca

The Eight Regions Challenge

Mixteca

Discover the clothing, music, dance, and living traditions represented at La Guelaguetza.

Somos Cultura Viva

Meet the Mixteca region

The Mixtec woman wears an embroidered manta blouse and a flower-printed poplin skirt known as holán al aire. Colored ribbons, a manta underskirt, a black shawl used as a sash, a neck scarf, white four-strap huaraches, and jewelry made with colored pearls complete the clothing described for 2026.

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