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Peyote People

TONAS & NAHUALES

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Just as the Wixarika culture has its different customs, traditions, deities, etc… The Zapotec culture, predominant in the state of Oaxaca de Juarez, tells us about their culture through the Tonas and Nahuales. Let’s talk about the difference between them; Tonas are those figures that can represent a person, specifically in the personality of this, is that Zapotec figure that will always accompany the person and this depends on the date on which the person was born. The Nahuales, which are people that transform into a certain animal, within the Zapotec culture, these figures are the ones that guide the person in life.
Oaxacan artists, by means of carved wood and painting, preserve these figures, decorating them with ornaments, or designs that their culture has left for them. These ornaments are captured in the figures and are also colorful designs in some cases, depending on the style of the artist.
This art of wood carving and decoration can be found mainly in the community of San Martin Tilcajete, where there are families with wonderful carving and decoration styles, creating unique works, for example:

• Jacobo & Maria Ángeles.
• Julia Fuentes & J.Juan.
• Manuel Jiménez.