Saturday, December 1, 3 – 4:30 pm E.P. Foster Library, Topping Room
The Mixteco language, Tu’un Savi, is an oral language with numerous variants. Mixteco is an indigenous language predominantly from Oaxaca, Mexico; yet, the language has a strong presence in Ventura County and throughout California. This presentation by Silvia Ventura Luna, M.A. will briefly discuss the Mixtec history, culture and language. Special dance performance: Baile de China and Baile de piña!
And on January 5:
Master dyer and textile artist, Porfirio Gutiérrez, recently featured in The New York Times, is committed to keeping his family’s traditional Zapotec practices and knowledge alive. Gutiérrez and his family are masters of Zapotec weaving and come from a long line of weavers from Teotitlán del Valle in Oaxaca, Mexico. They are among a small group of textile artisans working to preserve the use of plant and insect dyes—techniques that stretch back more than 2,000 years in the indigenous Zapotec tradition.E.P. Foster Library on Saturday, January 5 at 6 pm.