Monte Alban Oaxaca Pt. 1

Monte Alban is built at the junction of three broad valleys, across from the Atoyac stream, lays a series of large hills. The largest of these hills is nearly 400 meters above sea level. It was on the top of this mountain, which the Zapotecs leveled off and built into a great ceremonial city in about the year 500 ad. This center once ruled the entire region and collected tribute from the surrounding cities. The city is now known as Monte Alban. Monte Alban, or "White Mountains" in Spanish, was formerly called Danibaan (Sacred Mountain). No visit to Oaxaca can be considered complete without visiting Monte Alban.

Monte Alban was first occupied in about 500 B.C. and it was inhabited until about 850 A.D. when it bacame slowly abandoned. After it was abandoned it remained sacred to the Zapotecs and then later on to the Mixtecs who setttled in the area after the Zapotecs declined in power.


This is what it looks like when you DON'T take the bus up to ruins. If you did, then you missed out.

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[pr3523]

im sorry to ask this but i liked video camera what kind is it? im planing to record something

[mdecollective]

No problem. The camera that was used was a Sony VX200.

[perbere]

ja ja you most be crazy you took the longest way for going to Monte Alban ... greetings from Oaxaca

[Javierdtx]

the name is "La Llorona" you can look it up by:

Marimba Reyna Del Mar De Martin Quintana

is just the song it's self, here are a couple of artist that sing it also, look it by:

La Llorona - Susana Harp

La Llorona - Los Hermanos Ríos

Lila Downs - La Llorona

[Yeppy97]

I'm glad i went here to visit family and they knew all the shortcuts to places it was a 40 minute drive to monte alban a fun one too, i sat in the trunk :)

[autobusesdelacuenca]

viva mexico viva oaxaca donde existe la paz y amor atodos nuestros hermanos viva sudamerica y viva la raza latina viva el pueblo viva la paz oaxaca un estado colorido lleno de cultura y hermandad

[artdog67]

mezcal helps..hard to believe but it was 30 yeas ago when we did this "trip" only thing was, it was easier to stay on the bus up and then walk down...time it right and you ended up in the zocalo at dark..yumum

[BC08241996]

nice video

[Sergionewyork]

what is the name of the song?

[chidini66]

nice video

[DIXZA]

Hi there, in Teotitlan del Valle, we call our Zapotec language DishZaa; where: Dish=word and Zaa=Clouds.

[METEK101]

Im from Oaxaca and Zapotec is an English term

it's true name is TZAPOTECA and Mixtec is actually pronaunces MIXTECA meaning " the cloud people" in Nahuatl because of the mountainous region.