JOURNEY

OURNEY
MARGARITA !
DARINA!
A dancer life
TLAMANALLI
Heritage and
prehispanic flavors
RÊVE SENSUELLE
Being a woman
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WHEN FASHION !
MEETS ETHNIC!
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A z a i n
Gibran Azain Ongay Montalvo, Mexican musician, author of albums
like: Amoureux & Azain, has opened us the door to his
atmosphere, and I’m here to invite you to join us.
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is first album: Azain, has borned a year ago. It’s like a deep elfic forest, with
shades of death, fear, loneliness and a pure transcendental state of mind.
The first song of the album it’s called ‘’muh’’ which more than being a song It’s
an intro, that let us transcend our state of mind to this Azain atmosphere.
The album is made in a language that he invented, with greek declensions, that
appeared in two significant dreams for him.
This first album, it’s something that healed him, and helped him to put out all that was inside of
him, above all, all that imperceptible things that are inside of the subconscious. It was a
cathartic experience to him. Generally the entire project was a purgative to all his fears,
sorrows, to all his anxiety.
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The record talks a lot about death
From the death of his little brother in the third song, until the next one that talks about the
death of Baldr, a Nordic God that had been killed by his brother. Or even the sixth one,
‘’Phaudumun’’, that means phantoms. Or the seventh one, that is a long and so deep
lamentation, or the eleventh one, that is the title of a burial mass.
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Going from death to loneliness with songs that talks about a man who’s a tree and he can ever
fall in love because he is part human, part tree… just going around alone, songs that also tell us
the history of a woman-bird, who has no arms because of her wings, precluding her to bond with
other humans, even with birds; This project it’s a unique experience you should not private
yourselves to live.
by. Mishel de la Torre
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Tlamanalli
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Heritage and prehispanic flavors…..
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Teotitlan del Vallle,
town located at 31 kms from
Oaxaca city, it is known as the main
Oaxaca rug-weaver´s town.
Teotitlan is also the place where
we can find one of the most
recognized and traditional
restaurant in Mexico. It was called
by New York Times as the 1 of 10
best restaurants in the world in
1993, the Mendoza’s sisters
restaurant “Tlamanalli”.
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Tlamanalli is running by 3 sisters, but the Chef in charge is Abigail Mendoza, the eldest. She
started to learn about zapoteco kitchen (regional and prehispanic food), watching her mother.
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Like many Oaxacan girls, she started at the age of 5, helping in the kitchen, cleaning and making
the fire. At the age of seven, she was ready to grind corn on the “metate” (volcanic stone),and
with 12 years old she was ready to make good tortillas, and a year later she was preparing
perfect “Tejate”.
From her parents, she learned many secrets about zapoteco kitchen, most of them, oral
knowledge. She grew up learning about textures, flavors, herbs, grains, fruits, spices and meats.
Her passion for the kitchen took her to explore more elaborated dishes like the famous “mole
zapoteco”, “Segueza”, “tamales de amarillo” and many prehispanic dishes.
In 2005, Abigail prepared “Chocolate atole”, a prehispanic beverage, “Tejate” (refreshing
chocolate beverage), among other dishes, for the UNESCO Congress in Paris, to postulate the
Mexican Food as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The effort of Mexican chefs and
people like Abigail achieved in 2010 that the Mexican cuisine was declared with this honor.
If you are considering to come to Mexico, I really recommend you to visit Oaxaca.
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Here some dishes:
Mole Zapoteco (Zapotec –style mole with chicken)
Sopa de flor de calabaza con quesadilla. (Zucchini flower soup)
Mole negro de pollo con arroz (Oaxacan mole style with chicken)
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Segueza de Pollo Prehispánico (Chicken in tomato chile sauce with dried corn and hoja santa)
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Nicuatoli (corn jelly)
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Don´t miss the opportunity to go to Teotitlan del Valle, and
have a delicious lunch in a beautiful place called Tlamanalli
restaurant. Meet the most famous zapoteco cook Abigail. She
will cook for you in her traditional open kitchen just in front
of your eyes, in the mean time you can taste the magical
“mezcal” (even more delicious than tequila itself), and
original guacamole coming with blue ground tostadas
absolutely delicious!
by. Yinya Enaka"
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Margarita Darina
The bellydancer
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Margarita has been
dancing from 7 years
old. She finished
dancing school at the
age of 16. She danced
Russian folk, jazz and
contemporary dancing.
In 2008 Margarita
worked with contract in
5-star hotel in Allepo,
Syria.
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She was the winner of
Oriental Passion
Championship 2010
( Professional category)
in Athens and Nile
Group festival in Cairo,
Egypt in June 2010. In
June 2011 she
performed her show
with live band at the
‘Opening Gala’ of Nile
Group Festival.
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Today Margarita Darina is one of the most sought-after
performers of Egyptian dance all over the world. She is
teaching, judging and performing in highlight cultural and
dance events in Russia and all over the world.
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1. how you become a dancer?"
I am passionate about dancing,
especially bellydancing. I have
been deeply inspired by my
education in dance and the
opportunities I have had to work
.I received formal education
since I was 3 years old. and
learnt folk Russian and modern
dances. At college I was into
Arabic dancing. I went to Egypt
to learn authentic Arabic way of
dancing particularly Egyptian." "
I studied Arabic dance and fell
in love with .My work in Syria
changed my life completely. I
loved Midle Eastern culture and
lifestyle, Oriental music and
Dance for all my life."
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2 what is you dream in the life?"
Dream is a great and very
powerful thing. Once I dream to
win the Nile Group Festival in
C a i r o . I t h o u g h t i t w a s
impossible, but I worked hard
and did my best. And I became
the 1st winner. John D.
Rockefeller dreamt to earn 100
thousand dollars and die at the
age of 100 years old. But he earned 192 billion dollars and died when he was 97.
Not all dreams come true:)"
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3.how do you keep chic?"
Thank you for the compliment. I'm sure that you are born chic or not. Of course I
should keep it somehow but this characteristic to my mind is very personal. It
comes natural to me"
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4.which are your best vacations?"
The vacations are the best thing in the world. I choose the country where I would
like to stay for a month and experience the life of locals. The Dominiucan Republic
was real rest for me with lot of dancing and activities. My love for bachata started
there. Winter in New York was unforgettable too with lots of entertainments, new
friends and also dancing."
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5.How do you stay
healthy?"
As everyone I try to
m a i n t a i n h e a l t h y
lifestyle. I try to eat
healthy food, sleep
and do exercise. But
i t ' s n o t s o e a s y
because of my work I
try to find balance
between work, dance,
rehearsals, and
working out."
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6.how is a normal day
in you life?"
I would not call my life
normal.. Now I travel
too much teaching at
different festivals in
Russia and abroad.
When I'm at home I
start my day in a gym,
I do my routine work,
for example answering
e-mails, and at 3 p.m. I
go to my studio for
trainings." "
I teach and manage
classes for men and
women of all ages at
two dance studios."
I like movies and
basketball. If I have
free evening, ."
I enjoy catching a
good movie or gong to
a bball game."
7.How do you describe your personal style?"
I think you can see my personal style in my photos. I feel fortunate to meet
photographer who could express my personality in pictures. As for my personal
style in dancing, I suppose that everything is important for a dancer. I mean
technique, dress and image. But only your eyes can tell the story. they are
indispensables. "
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When fashion meets ethnic
When people hear the word fashion they
usually use to think about luxurious and fashion
branding names, but it is actually more than that.
Since long time ago people in little communities
(especially from Latin-America) have created this
amazing and natural designs that are fabricated a
100% percent by the hands of the human and
manufactured with just the most natural and
creative materials. For example: Oaxacans (from Mexico) makes a whole pigmentation
process with the “grana cochinilla” that it’s a kind of beetle who lives in
the prickly pear and when you smashes it segregate an authentic
color. All this just for print this colors on cotton threads and make
amazing fabrics with this for clothing or rugs. Another case are the
Peruvians who creates the “poncho” now showed by many collections
like Burberry Prorsum, the Peruvian ponchos are made by young
alpaca wool and helps them to get very cozy and warm for the weather
of the mountains.
Since that moment, the fashion labels and designers have been looking
for make an original and different variety of fabrics, many of them also collaborate with
artisans from different countries. Why? Because in the runways we always saw this typical
and super expensive silks and taffetas that people is very into all the time and wear one of
these pieces would definitely make you look original, colorful and the most important thing
“super chic”. The amazing thing about these fabrics it’s that preserves a little piece of
culture with it; it supports the artisans and helps their economy. People definitely love it
because it is really colorful, comfortable and cozy. Even when it’s just an inspiration the
fashion labels give and amazing twist to the fabrics cause natives just make simple
designs to make them survive the extreme climate the live in, Stella McCartney is one of
the most eco-friendly designers around the globe she’s
always worried about how to help the planet so she works
alongside with a group of
Peruvians for create this amazing
wool fabrics for her fall 2014
collection.
Bottega Veneta men moccasin
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Vivienne Westwood is another one that supports this cause, the
Britain fattale worked with a group of African women for creates
this whole collection inspired by them too, so the result of this
mix is a crazy fall looks that remind us the African communities
in all of the aspects, even in the make-up.
And after this the ethnic inspirations and collaborations percolate
in more than 20 collections around the word, another awesome
fact about this is that this clothing kind of line is more accessible
(but just a little) than the other regular collections.
In Mexico we have the lucky of have super creative artisans in
every single state that makes different proposals for fabrics and
home décor, that’s the reason of many of the Mexican designers
that works really close with this native people a create amazing
stuff.
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In a very Humboldt opinion I definitely invite you to meet these new
collections that are changing the typical vision of fashion, because
you would be supporting a very good cause, you would be enjoying a
genuine product and also you will find a very comfortable way to
connect with the roots of a cultural tribe and to the costumes of a
region.
by. Alex Meixueiro
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