Casa de la Cultura Mazahua
Visit us in Crescencio Morales in Michoacan and learn all about Mazahua culture in the heart of Monarch butterfly country
Inside ...Gathering spaces, gallery areas, meeting and teaching rooms and a kitchen for traditional cooking lessons
Outside ....A large walled courtyard with a botanical and medicinal garden and a mural depicting aspects of Mazahua culture and traditions
Meet the Casa management team
Mario Alberto Esquivel Gonzalez, Yedani Paola Hernandez Vazquez and Cristian Amador Medina Guzman make up the Casa's dynamic management team
Contact them for all details and to make appointments for specific activities - artisanal demonstrations, music and dance performances, cooking classes, language lessons, cultural tours, forest hikes, homestays and more...
Call or WhatsApp on +52 715 218 9668 (Mario), +52 443 994 7484 (Paola) or +52 443 351 6274 (Cristian)
Meet the founders and the designers
The founders
The Casa de la Cultura Mazahua was created by global non-profit The Cultural Sanctuaries Foundation - www.culturalsanctuaries.org - together with the Mazahua community of Crescencio Morales, the Casa management team and countless others who have helped turn this dream into a reality.
The designers
The building itself - donated to the project by the community and authorities of Crescencio Morales - was originally part of an old and disused red-brick convent and looked very, very different! Then came along the talented Teresa Castillo Guajardo who started work with us three years ago to completely redesign and rebuild what is now the Casa de la Cultura. She oversaw the construction with fellow architect Daniel Hernandez Salazar and a team of engineers, builders, plasterers, painters, electricians, plumbers and carpenters from the local Mazahua community.