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The side of Mexico you’ve NEVER seen!!
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The side of Mexico you’ve NEVER seen!!



I spent a week in small-town Oaxaca, Mexico for a local cultural celebration no foreigner has experienced (**this is a side of Mexico they don’t want you to see**)
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Come with me to experience this AMAZING week of Oaxacan festivities in a small town you’ve probably never heard of called Santa Maria Mixtequilla. The reason I say that is because NO ONE has ever made a vlog of this place before.

One of my good friends Ivett’s family is from this small town and she invited me to come here and get the local’s perspective on this incredible cultural experience. Every year the people of Santa Maria Mixtequilla throw a huge festival-like celebration they call “Fiestas patronales de la Virgin Santa Catalina de Siena.”

This Mexico vlog includes:
– Multiple elaborate parades filled with music, candy-throwing, and townspeople dressed in traditional Oaxacan clothing
– A behind-the-scenes look at Oaxacan food is made
– Adorable animals like pollito, my adopted chickadee
– A look at the beautiful clothing worn in this region (huipiles and enaguas) and how women do their hair and makeup
– Crazy pyrotechnics called toritos and the castillo
– The 5-hour expedition for “forest flowers”
– One of my favorite parts called the “fruit-throwing parade” where the royal procession and others in town throw thousands of items into the street for the spectators
– And MORE!

Let me know in a comment what you think of this festival. Would you like to see more videos like this?

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Hi, I’m Maddie, former partner of Tangerine Travels, a travel vlog with over 350 videos that I helped build for 4 years to over 250k subscribers. I’m originally from Arizona and have been living in Mexico since 2018. These days, I’m traveling around Mexico, doing the “solo female travel” thing.

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41 Comments

  3. Sophia Rochelle

    Maddie! Longtime listener, first time caller. I just wanted to say that your videos are so relaxing and have reignited my passion for studying the Spanish language and eventually visiting Mexico. Who knows, maybe even find a place to live while I'm there! 😅 Thank you for making your videos, and keep on keeping on!!

  13. Mario Chavez

    Wow! 🎉 Beautiful pageantry! Maddie you looked stunning gorgeous! You really immersed in this cultural celebration! Thank you for sharing such amazing memories! You looked very happy too! Que bonita pollita! By far the best content In culture, people, food and tradition you experienced naturally! Keep it up! Blessings! Viva México 🇲🇽 🌻💥💥

  17. Serg

    Thanks for showing the small towns of Oaxaca and not just the typical Oaxaca city scenery. The real fun is in these small towns and the tradicions go beyond just the Guelaguetza festivities. Also you look amazing in the typical Oaxacan dress!!. Shoutout from this small oaxacan town guy!

  18. Angeles Hernandez

    How can Mexicans allowed foreign people and having tattoos wear one of our most important outfits. I cannot believe it!!!!😮

  19. Cat Cauldron

    Oh my god!!! Maddie.
    What a delightful video. My very favorite part was the little pollito on your shoe.
    You looked so beautiful in the colorful dress.
    I wish I was there.
    What the hell am I doing sitting in traffic every day?!!!!
    I can’t wait to retire.
    See you there!!! 😘🇲🇽

  21. R.J. Lindzee

    Mexico is so lovely and lively❤. I can't wait to go and experience Mexico once my teenagers turn 18. Their dad and family lives in Guanajuato and I would like for them to get to know that side of their family and spend time with their grandparents. It's their only grandma and grandpa combo they have 😂. There's only grandma here in the U.S. so having a combo would be awesome and different for my kids. 🎉🎉🎉

  22. rogerg0834

    Damn, Im so jelly that you get to travel deep into MX and I'm scared shitless to even consider it let alone actually do it. Fuken cartels…smh.😢

  24. Adrian Rodriguez

    Ok, this is actually what it is in every region of Mexico and in real life. Festivities are usually like this. 🎉

  29. Alicia Ruiz

    Do you have any recommendations for car rentals in Oaxaca? Will be going to visit for the first time this summer!

  34. pumpkin_it_ Slawson

    Why are you looking extra pretty?? Is it a filter..or the lengh of your hair..or you put on a bit of weight?? Idk..but you look so pretty

  35. Jeri Megna

    Maddie, this is great informative video. You have done so well for yourself, facing adversity, you forged ahead and submerged yourself in the local language and food and culture. You do America justice! And we could use more Justice! Right about now. Seriously considering a move out of the US ..

  39. Betzy

    “All from the perspective of a local not a tourist”…focuses on the rooster 😂

  40. Nuke Rose

    Thank You Maddie for this Documentary! The quality of content you're producing is inspirational. Cheers from Toronto, Canada!

  41. Jill Scott

    Wow, another excellent, high quality video Maddie…you really put a lot of work into this one and it shows! Keep doing these types of videos and the sky's the limit for you! You looked radiant in the beautiful clothing, makeup, and flowers in your hair. In the last two videos you really look like you're having fun and we can feel your excitement, which makes us want to get down there as soon as we can. Well done!!

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