San Juan Diquiyu, Oregon

San Juan Diquiyu is a small town in the sierra of Oaxaca bordering with Puebla, now San Juan Diquiyu Oregon is a town of immigrants living in Oregon where their main fiesta of honoring St. Juan Diquiyu is held every year just as in their old homeland. I was privileged enought to attend the ceremony which was majestic, folkloric and just a great time with my friends Eden and his fiance Maria. As explained to me by one of the elders in the village, in Oaxaca this party takes place for 3 days with continous live bands and people dancing and eating all the time.
Muchas gracias to Doña Sarita without whom this post and a great weekend would not have been possible....

1st course: Yiqui, Traditional corn soup made with goat fat and chile, partner dish of Goat meat Barbacoa which is cooked buried underground for a good 12 hours, this cuisine is Mixteca, meaning that it is at least around 1000 years old, now this one in particular was cooked right before I ate it...

Eden, local Mixteco boy, obviously very hungry before he finished his Yiqui, Sangre (goat blood with spices cooked in goat stomach) and a good plate of goat barbacoa, all with a big healthy dose of Tortillas and Salsa.