In the city of Oaxaca, colors, shapes and flavors are manifested in the clothing of the inhabitants, in the buildings and even in the food that can be tasted in the popular markets and tianguis.
The colors of Oaxaca seem to change capriciously as the hours of the day go by and the sun's rays combine with the hair of the women, in the same way that the colors used by the artists, combine to give life to their colorful ceramics and crafts. . The same happens with the quarry with which most of the buildings and streets are made, which, when touched by the rainwater, acquires that intense green color that identifies the state capital, allowing the imposing constructions to stand out. of the Conventual Complex of La Soledad and its Basilica, the Temple and Ex-Convent of Santo Domingo, the Cathedral, the Macedonio Alcalá Theater and the superb Government Palace.
Another notable building is the Regional Museum of Oaxaca, which houses the famous treasure found by Don Alfonso Caso in Tomb 7 of Monte Albán, as well as various representative samples of the art of the different ethnic groups of Oaxaca, among which we can mention to the Chatinos, the Huaves, the Ixcatecos, the Cuicatecos, the Chochos and the Triques among others, who with their dresses and hairstyles, dances and gastronomy, always enrich the customs and traditions of this colorful state.
As for smells, there is a place to which the visitor must go obligatorily; This is the Sunday market of the Mercado de Abastos, where we find from the most curious dishes and glasses, which still smell like wet mud, to the most traditional typical dishes of the state, among which the different types of mole, tamales, etc. cheese, tlayudas and the always striking chapulín tacos. For all these reasons, and due to its cultural richness, the city of Oaxaca is an amalgam of colors, shapes, flavors and textures.
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