The Many Colors of Cajola

If you have been following along with our blog, you know that we are experimenting with new colors in our weaving. But colors aren’t new to us -- we live our lives immersed in color! You probably know how colorful our clothing is, and you know about our weaving. And now we want to show you that even our buildings and our houses are full of color.

Here is a photo of our town hall, with the gazebo that is in the middle of the main spare on the right. (Our community police are on the left.) Every year the town paints the town hall a new color in time for our annual fiesta, which is coming at the beginning of May. While the town hall is a bright aquamarine right now, for the last year it has been bright pink.

And here is an example of houses on one street in the center.

And we chose this last photo to show you that you can find orange not only in our weaving but on our houses, too! Maybe you are interested in knowing that houses like this one have been built by someone who is working in the United States. Most people here in Cajola can’t earn enough money to build such a house – so the houses remain empty until their owner returns from the United States.