Isthmus

Connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, the Isthmus is only a little over one hundred miles in width, a lush tropical lowland watered by rivers which run down to the sea.

Tehuana Mamas Cook Up Magic: Food and Fiestas in the Isthmus 2006

Connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, the Isthmus is only a little over one hundred miles in width, a lush tropical lowland watered by rivers which run down to the sea.

Tehuana Mamas Cook Up Magic: Food and Fiestas in the Isthmus 2006

This area of the Isthmus is more commercial than “touristy” in its ambiance and not as scenic as the mountains, but there are some interesting coastal towns.

Midnight on the Isthmus, returning home from Oaxaca 2000

This area of the Isthmus is more commercial than “touristy” in its ambiance and not as scenic as the mountains, but there are some interesting coastal towns.

Midnight on the Isthmus, returning home from Oaxaca 2000

This Isthmus is under the rule of Siam, which is its northern boundary; and the northern and eastern States of Kēdah, Patâni, Kĕlantân, Pahang, and Tringgânu, are more or less tributary to this ambitious empire, which at intervals has exacted a golden rose, the token of vassalage, from every State in the Peninsula.

The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883

However the major difference in the culture between the Isthmus and the rest of the Zapotec culture is that the culture of the Isthmus is a matriarchal culture, the rest of the Zapotec have a patriarchal culture.

Las Se�oras de Tehuantepec 2006

However the major difference in the culture between the Isthmus and the rest of the Zapotec culture is that the culture of the Isthmus is a matriarchal culture, the rest of the Zapotec have a patriarchal culture.

Las Se�oras de Tehuantepec 2006

However the major difference in the culture between the Isthmus and the rest of the Zapotec culture is that the culture of the Isthmus is a matriarchal culture, the rest of the Zapotec have a patriarchal culture.

Las Se�oras de Tehuantepec 2006

However the major difference in the culture between the Isthmus and the rest of the Zapotec culture is that the culture of the Isthmus is a matriarchal culture, the rest of the Zapotec have a patriarchal culture.

Las Se�oras de Tehuantepec 2006

However the major difference in the culture between the Isthmus and the rest of the Zapotec culture is that the culture of the Isthmus is a matriarchal culture, the rest of the Zapotec have a patriarchal culture.

Las Se�oras de Tehuantepec 2006