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In the America's with David Yetman
Peoples of Oaxaca and the Arrival of the Holy Week
Season 5
Episode 509
The state of Oaxaca is home to more than sixty different ethnic groups. David visits several of them. The Coastal Mixtecs, whose textiles and masks set them apart from other groups, invite him to join them during Holy Week, when they enact ceremonies that set them off from other peoples.
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