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Tixinda: the Purple Heart of the Pacific. Join us on a journey to witness one of the last living traditions of natural dye extraction in the world — the milking of the Plicopurpura pansa, or “purple snail,” a sacred act carried out by the Mixtec men of Pinotepa de Don Luis on the rocky shores of Oaxaca.
Tixinda: the Purple Heart of the Pacific. Join us on a journey to witness one of the last living traditions of natural dye extraction in the world — the milking of the Plicopurpura pansa, or “purple snail,” a sacred act carried out by the Mixtec men of Pinotepa de Don Luis on the rocky shores of Oaxaca.