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Spring Equinox


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SPRING EQUINOX FESTIVAL 2025
MARCH 21, 22, AND 23
AGUAMIEL
GUADALUPE ETLA, OAXACA

Join us for the fifth Spring Equinox celebration at Aguamiel! At Aguamiel, as a project and also as a space, we are seeking to recover Health - following, learning, and creating together with teachers, elders, friends, and the Great Mother Earth who are weaving a reality in harmony with all living things. We have found much guidance on this path, and it is very important for us to continue weaving active and healthy relationships and communities, following in the footsteps of ancestors who knew how to live in harmony and peace. One way to do this is to honor and celebrate cosmic movements, such as the equinox, when the sun passes over the equator, creating a day and night of light and darkness in balance, marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring. We celebrate the return of the Father Sun who gives us warmth and life, who illuminates the beauty of this planet and also illuminates our consciousness. Here in Oaxaca, these dates are also a time to call upon the sacred water, the essence of life that fertilizes the dry land after months without rain. We gather on these dates to remember how important these elements and essences are, and to offer in gratitude all that our Mother has given us. By coming together as a healthy community, we can share more, learn more, and achieve more. We dance, enjoy the flavors of food made with love, sing, listen, share, and light the sacred fire. In this spirit, we invite you to our beloved Aguamiel for this three-day gathering, with special guests who will share gems of how to live in health and harmony.

PROGRAM

FRIDAY 21

2pm - 5pm • Cocina de Comal • food for sale

2pm • ANCESTRAL DANCE • Gratitude and Permission
Maria Islas Ehecacihuatl, Leahy Xiuhatzin, Gerardo

3:30pm • TALK • Moon Dance Tlazohteotl Xochimetztli
Abuela Guadalupe Dominguez Luna Itzlixochitl Tlazohmetzin

5pm • TEMAZCAL CEREMONY • $350
Abuela Guadalupe Dominguez Luna Itzlixochitl Tlazohmetzin

7pm • BONFIRE
Nutritious Broth by Chef Gera • included with temazcal

*Free entrance 2pm - 5pm
*$350 Temazcal

SATURDAY 22

12pm - 6pm • BAZAAR • Textiles, Clay, Remedies, Ferments, Ceremonial Objects, Art

12pm - 6pm • COCINA DE HUMO • Food for sale
Moojk Kaakay + Aguamiel

12pm - 6pm • HOMEMADE DRINKS & DESSERTS for sale
Barguamiel

1pm • TALK • Ancestral Art of Weaving
Tixinda Purpura, Pinotepa de Don Luis, Oaxaca

3pm • TALK • La Cuenta de Tiempo
Abuela Guadalupe Dominguez Itzlixochitl Tlazohmetzin, Felix Teokwaukowatl, Maria Islas Ehecacihuatl, Tata Alejandro de Santiago

5pm • PERFORMANCE • Ancestral Music • Dance • Festive Jam Concert

*$50 entrance fee all day

SUNDAY 23

11am - 2pm • ECOPRINT WORKSHOP • for kids and adults • extra cost • by reservation
Reserve
Origen Textil

12pm - 5pm • BAZAAR • Textiles, Clay, Remedies, Ferments, Ceremonial Objects, Art

12pm - 5pm • TIANGUIS DE COCINAS • food for sale
Gya • Yeliska • Aguamiel • Moojk Kaaky • Os • Doña China

12pm - 5pm • HOMEMADE DRINKS AND DESSERTS for sale
Barguamiel

1pm • TALK • Recovery of the Memory of the Ancestral Kitchen
Moojk Kaakay + Gerardo Aguilar

3pm • TALK • Agriculture for Human Development
5 Flor (Ricardo Barrios)

5pm • MAYAN FIRE CEREMONY
Voluntary donation starting at $100
Tata Alejandro de Santiago

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Ceremonia de Temazcal