Zapotec Post-Earthquake Reconstruction | Oaxaca MX

We started this year with a lot of aspirations. Thanks to the support of all of you through GlobalGiving! The productive healing workshops for women are about to begin, but for now we wanted to share the first finished mural of 2019!

Antonio, with stage name Sune Nesu, is a mexican artist whose technic astonished us, so we invited him to collaborate with our project "Bringing back Ixtaltepec colours". Antonio's mural is the 10th of the mural route, which goal is to create a social touristic route for Ixtaltepec economy reactivation. This community was devastated by the earthquakes of 2017, and where we established our Healing Center. All the murals of the project must be inspired in a traditional craft of the local culture, and they are made over the front wall of a living representative person of the community, whose income depends on a traditional craft.

"The name of my mural is "El alebrije", I decided to paint a feline because Eduardo, the owner of the mural, told me that he learned how to be a traditional healer because of his grandfather, who was known in the town as "The tiger". I included some bones in the inner part so people can identify which craft is the mural about", Antonio explains.

Eduardo, head of family of 8 members, is a well known traditional healer of the area. During the earthquake they lost their home so they started over since then.

"People know me as bonesetter ("huesero" in spanish), I studied as a chiropractor but I know that my patients heal because they have faith, so I am glad the mural represents what the community believe in. " Eduardo told us.

Your support had made this growth possible, thanks for believing that there are many ways of recovering from a disaster. To restructure the entire social cohesion, hearts must be healed too. We hope this 2019 amazes us with more great murals like this!