Agave Roast

This time our class went to photograph an agave roast.  We all stood around a pile of fresh dirt and a dead campfire, and a native woman waved around sacred sage.  A man then began to lecture on the agave and its history and uses.  When he was finished, he and a few students grabbed some shovels and unearthed the roast agave under the campfire remains.

While the man took to cutting the agave up for the night's dinner, women were preparing salads, tortillas, and rabbit stew.  Students did various tasks, from collecting native grasses to photographing the area and people around them.  Once the food was prepared, everyone gathered around a grabbed a plate of the fresh harvest.

 

Mel Vernon

Juana Mijel

 

 Joely Proudfit