Once again I am in the land of sunshine, warm air, friendly people and relaxation.Wednesday here in Melaque (May-la-k) they have the open market which is called a tiangis (tee-an-gees) it takes up several blocks, a lot of the same stuff is sold but there is a lot of stuff. This time, for the 1st time I actually saw a lady wearing her native dress. The picture that follows is of her and a bit of the tiangis. The very dark skinned people including this lady are what they call Indians. The Mexican people not unlike Canadian whites treat these native indians pretty much the same way ours are treated. The one difference is that they do not have the monitary support of the government. The indians here are a small people tallest being about 5'4" women much shorter rarely making 5'. Each woman wears a bib apron and it is in a print and color that distinquishes her family/clan from others. They are very hard workers and very artististic doing much of the pottery, painting on bark and bead work. The native indian in the picture is more of the incan people, these are the natives that do absolutely beautiful bead work on different shapes, if you look closely you can see turtles and iguana on the left close to her right foot, these are not painted this is all bead work and they use the tiny seed beads. Absolutely amazing. If I see some of that work I'll get a picture of it and post it.
As always Dad and I are enjoying what Mexico has to offer us. Sunshine and warmth.
