Villa Hidalgo Yalalag (also, Yalalag, Hidalgo Yalag, and Villa Hidalgo Yalalag, and San Juan Yalalag) is a village in
Oaxaca
Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...
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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
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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.
Traditions
Traditions include
Semana Santa
Holy Week ( la, Hebdomada Sancta or , ; grc, Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Ἑβδομάς, translit=Hagia kai Megale Hebdomas, lit=Holy and Great Week) is the most sacred week in the liturgical year in Christianity. In Eastern Churches, w ...
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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It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
exhibition ''
Family of Man
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,'' 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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