Citlali Fabian

Visual Artist and Storyteller

www.citlalifabian.com

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Location: London, UK

Nationality: Mexican

Biography: Yalalteca, Mexican visual artist and storyteller based in the United Kingdom. She uses photography to explore ways of addressing identity and its connections with territory, migration, and community bonds. Fabián is a 2020 Visura... MORE

My cousins and I at our grandparents house. Digital collage 2020

Early in the morning of my cous...edding day. July, 2018 Yalálag

Early in the morning of my cousind Mela’s wedding day. July, 2018 Yalálag

The only moment to don’t keep o...a city, Mexico. November 2018.

The only moment to don’t keep our feet from the ground is when we dance. Children members of the traditional dance group “Lla lnhi” performing Cuerudos. Oaxaca city, Mexico. November 2018.

Two dancers performin Cuerudos ...s. October, Mexico City, 2018.

Two dancers performin Cuerudos traditional dance, and a tubist from the Yalalaltecos Unidos band, based in Mexico city. Over religious celebrations different dancers groups performed traditional dances. October, Mexico City, 2018.

Yalaltec descendants performing...o celebration in LA. June 2019

Yalaltec descendants performing Negritos tradicional dance from Oaxacan North Sierra at the San Antonio celebration in LA. June 2019

My cousins Jorge and Rene Fabia... to our community living here.

My cousins Jorge and Rene Fabian at the San Juan Celebration in Yalalag neighborhood in Oaxaca city, June 2018. My cousins Jorge and Rene Fabian move back to Oaxaca city from Mexico city, around 5 years ago. They were rised at our community based there, as soon they arrived in Oaxaca city they integrated to our community living here.

Women making tortillas. During ...Oaxaca, Mexico. February 2017.

Women making tortillas. During the fandango (traditional wedding ceremony) everyone contributes and helps to make the celebration possible. Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico. February 2017.

Traditional houses in Yalalag k..., Oaxaca, México. January 2018

Traditional houses in Yalalag keep their smoke kitchen, a place where our most ancestral recepies are recreated. Beans, corn, zuchinni, tomatos, chillies and quelites are part of our native diet. Our practices survive, even with the insertion of “new” food or cooking practices. Yalalag, Oaxaca, México. January 2018

A group of little girls gathere...n, Oaxaca City, November 2018.

A group of little girls gathered to watch the traditional dances been performed at the Santa Cecilia celebration, Oaxaca City, November 2018.

My dad and I went to visit our .... Yalalag, México. 2019. Mexico

My dad and I went to visit our auntie Aurora last July, she is his godmother. We didn’t know that would be the last time we would see her. Rest in peace dear granny. Yalalag, México. 2019. Mexico

My mom’s first Spanish book aba...ndparents home. Yalalag. 2016.

My mom’s first Spanish book abandoned at my grandparents home. Yalalag. 2016.

Communal time. The sound of the...s. Yalalag, Mexico. 2020 Mexico

Communal time. The sound of the wood on fire and the smoke always accompanies the laughs and good moments that women share while they are cooking, making our festivities possible. Working together is our style of life, sadly transformed in the last months. Yalalag, Mexico. 2020 Mexico

Melina, Yalaltec descendant fro..., 2018. Oaxaca de Juarez Mexico

Melina, Yalaltec descendant from Oaxaca city, Mexico, 2018. Oaxaca de Juarez Mexico

Martha Robles and her daugther ...in Oaxaca city. February, 2017

Martha Robles and her daugther Ximena, before to attend to the International Mother Language Day Festival in Oaxaca city. February, 2017

Alicia Aquino. Yalalteca of mod...a City, Mexico. February, 2018

Alicia Aquino. Yalalteca of modern times. Oaxaca City, Mexico. February, 2018

Nesly under the Banana plantati...39;m from Yalalag series, 2017

Nesly under the Banana plantation Ben'n Yalhalhj / Soy de Yalálag / I'm from Yalalag series, 2017

Cuautepec landscape. On the nor...red on asphalt. October, 2018.

Cuautepec landscape. On the north limits of Mexico city. Hills are covered on asphalt. October, 2018.

Prisciliano Celis, in charge of...Cuautepec, CDMX. October, 2018

Prisciliano Celis, in charge of the fireworks. He’s rol is to announce the calenda or procession comming thru the streets. Cuautepec, CDMX. October, 2018