Travel: Sovereignty and Ceremony in Huatulco, Mexico

The Edge of Enchantment exhibit from the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian looks at the centrality of physical places to the people of the Huatulco and Huamelula region in Mexico. Check out Alicia Maria Gonzalez' introductory essay describing her fieldwork and the nature of encantos (enchanted places). Given the importance of space and landforms to this people, the exhibit is divided into sections such as rivers, mountains and valleys. Within each section, a brief essay is complemented by visual materials, such as historic photographs of local residents and contemporary photographs by Roberto Ysais of people and the land. Also in Spanish. <http://www.nmai.si.edu/edge/flash_eng.html>