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Title: Cooking with Muxes, Mexico’s Third Gender
Post by: stephaniec on January 01, 2016, 12:24:44 AM
Post by: stephaniec on January 01, 2016, 12:24:44 AM
Cooking with Muxes, Mexico's Third Gender
https://munchies.vice.com/articles/cooking-with-muxes-mexicos-third-gender
Munchies . Vice/July 29, 2015 / 3:15 pm By Luis Cobelo
"In the Istmo de Tehuantepec region of Oaxaca, Mexico, lies the district of Juchitán. This was the land of the ancient Zapotec civilization, whose language and culture still thrives here. One of the many distinguishing characteristics of Juchitán is its population of muxes (pronounced moo-shays), which means "woman" in Zapotecan dialect."
https://munchies.vice.com/articles/cooking-with-muxes-mexicos-third-gender
Munchies . Vice/July 29, 2015 / 3:15 pm By Luis Cobelo
"In the Istmo de Tehuantepec region of Oaxaca, Mexico, lies the district of Juchitán. This was the land of the ancient Zapotec civilization, whose language and culture still thrives here. One of the many distinguishing characteristics of Juchitán is its population of muxes (pronounced moo-shays), which means "woman" in Zapotecan dialect."