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“To know myths is to learn the secret of the origin of things. In other words, one does not only learn about how things came into existence but also about where to find them and make them reappear when they have disappeared.”
Eliade, 1999
Oral Tradition
Ollin Tlahtoalli is currently working on a documentary project with three different communities in the state of Oaxaca: Santo Tomás Jalieza, San Antonio Cuajimoloyas and Teotitlán del Valle. The aim is two fold: preservation of oral tradition within the community and active participation of people native to these communities.
For a sample of our project visit: oral tradition project
Context of the project:
Oaxaca, the the state with the greatest linguistic and ethnic diversity in México. Out of 65 ethnic groups in México, 16 are in the Oaxacan territory (CDI, 2000).
Oaxaca´s two largets indigenous groups are the Zapotecs and the Mixtecs.
This project aims at preserving some of the oral tradition and oral history in the communities. A key component of this project is to find ways to motivate children, their parents and their grandparents to participate, collaborate and find spaces for stories to be heard.
This project includes workshops where children and adults interact as stories and legends are being told and illustrated by the children. If you would like to volunteer or collaborate in this project, contact Omar Nunez, director of the project and founder of Ollin Tlahtoalli Center: info@ollinoaxaca.org.mx
 
Children creating murals of their community Using art to teach about stories and legends
Toni Casal, one of our current Spanish students, has written a nice description of our Art Project "Desde Adentro del Pueblo: Preservación y Difusión de las Culturas Oaxaqueñas"
Follow the link to her blog where you can also see pictures of the work kids do: www.casalcommunications.blogspot.com
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