Villa Hidalgo Yalalag (also, Yalalag, Hidalgo Yalag, and Villa Hidalgo Yalalag, and San Juan Yalalag) is a village in
Oaxaca
Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...
,
Mexico
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and the municipal seat of
Villa Hidalgo Municipality.
It is located near
Villa Alta District
Villa Alta District is located in the center of the Sierra Norte Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.
It has an area of 1,156 km2 of mountainous country, divided into 25 municipalities.
As of 2007 there were 99 settlements of which 72 had elect ...
in the center of the
Sierra Norte Region.
The town is divided into four neighborhoods (in Spanish called "barrios"). These 4 barrios are: San Juan, Santiago, Santa Catalina, and Santa Rosa.
Culture
On August 30 and July 24, in honor of San Juan Bautista, the townspeople of Villa Hidalgo Yalalag celebrate their annual festival, with popular dancing, processions, and offerings.
The
Yalalag cross is a locally designed piece of jewellery.
Traditions
Traditions include
Semana Santa
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and Todos los Santos.
Music
Popular bands in Villa Hidalgo Yalalag are "''Banda Uken ke Uken''" and "''Los Ratones.''
In art
Mexican photographer
Lola Álvarez Bravo's photograph ''Burial in Yalalag'' (1946) was included in the 1955
Museum of Modern Art
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exhibition ''
Family of Man
''The Family of Man'' was an ambitious exhibition of 503 photography, photographs from 68 countries curated by Edward Steichen, the director of the New York City Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) department of photography. According to Steichen, ...
,'' which toured internationally during the 1950s and 1960s, with her image reaching millions of viewers.
See also
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Yalálag Zapotec
Yalálag Zapotec is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico, spoken in Hidalgo Yalalag, Mexico City, Oaxaca City, Veracruz.Lourdes Gutiérrez Nájera, Gutiérrez-Nájera, Lourdes. "Hayandose", in Beyond el Barrio: Everyday Life in Latina/o America. ...
References
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Populated places in Oaxaca
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