The tradition of Mezcal preparation

Photographer & Contributor: Katherine Callingham

 

Semana Santa 2009 in La Aduana

 

Raw agave piņas.

 

Roasting pit: wood coals covered with rocks.

 

Tamping down coals.

 

 

 

Preparing piņas.

 

 

 

 

 

Waiting for wood to burn down.

 

Great-grandfather, grandfather & grandson.

 

Piņas added to coals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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