Hola / Buenas
How locals say hello in Mazunte
November to April (dry season); July to September for sea turtle nesting
Mazunte runs as a cooperative community. Buy cosmetics from the COSMETICOS NATURALES cooperative — the original source that inspired natural cosmetics movements globally.
The Zapotec name Mazuntén — place where the turtle is worshipped — reveals millennia of relationship between this Oaxacan coastal village and the sea turtles that nest on its beaches. In the 20th century a government plant harvested up to 100,000 turtles annually. When the federal ban came in 1990 the entire village economy collapsed overnight. What happened next is remarkable: the community reinvented itself as one of Latin America's most celebrated examples of community-led ecotourism and environmental recovery.
Until 1990, Mazunte was the centre of Mexico's sea turtle industry. After a government ban, the entire village reinvented itself as a model eco-tourism community — one of the most remarkable environmental turnarounds in Latin America.
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