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 === EITC Blackbird === === EITC Blackbird ===
  
-A dozen cultural transformers from Europe, collaborators in the project EITC [[http://beta.fo.am/eitc/]], set out to Mexico for the kick off days and some field research. Arriving in the state of Oaxaca, in the middle of the "day of the dead" celebrations - Mexico welcomed us with flowers, candles and traditional sweets to remember the ancestors and some bottles of Mezcal 100% agave. While tasting and toasting, blackbird became the nickname for the European Mexican project on transformative culture.+A dozen cultural transformers from Europe, collaborators in the project  [[http://fo.am/eitc/|EITC]], set out to Mexico for the kick off days and some field research. Arriving in the state of Oaxaca, in the middle of the "day of the dead" celebrations - Mexico welcomed us with flowers, candles and traditional sweets to remember the ancestors and some bottles of Mezcal 100% agave. While tasting and toasting, blackbird became the nickname for the European Mexican project on transformative culture.
  
 On November 2nd, we started our stay with visits at graveyards, the pantheons, where we got surprised and inspired by the Oaxacan way of remembering their dead.  On November 2nd, we started our stay with visits at graveyards, the pantheons, where we got surprised and inspired by the Oaxacan way of remembering their dead. 
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-Afterwards, we visited st. Martin, where abajes are carved from Copal wood, and painted with natural dyes. The abajes are fantasy animals that are dreamt by the sculptur and are meant to protect and help in difficult times. +Afterwards, we visited st. Martin, where abajes are carved from Copal wood, and painted with natural dyes. The abajes are fantasy animals that are dreamt by the sculptor and are meant to protect and help in difficult times. 
  
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 The associated Mexican partner La Piztola presented some of their work on T-shirts and walls. The associated Mexican partner La Piztola presented some of their work on T-shirts and walls.
  
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