INVITATION TO THE THIRTY ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR AGAINST OBLIVION.

December 2023.

The Zapatista communities and the EZLN invite all people, groups, collectives, associations, organizations and movements that signed the so-called Declaration for Life, the indigenous peoples gathered in the National Indigenous Congress, the International Sixth, the non-governmental organizations defenders of human rights and, especially, those whose destiny is in artistic creation, to the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the beginning of the war against oblivion.

The celebration will be on December 30 and 31, 2023 and January 1 and 2, 2024. Guests will be able to arrive from the 29th, not before that day.

Registration of attendees will be at the CIDECI in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas. Press, guests and the National Indigenous Congress register there, or directly at the caracol headquarters.

The central celebration of the 30th anniversary will be at the Caracol “Resistance and Rebellion: A New Horizon”, inaugurated 3 years ago in the town of Dolores Hidalgo, founded on recovered land. Climate from temperate to hot during the day. From cool to cold at night-early morning.

Location: one hour from the head of the official municipality of Ocosingo, highway to Monte Líbano. About 4-5 hours from San Cristóbal de las Casas. In Ocosingo there are hotels of different prices. From San Cristóbal, the route through Chanal-Altamirano towards the head of Ocosingo is recommended. Then take the road to Mount Líbano. They pass the federal barracks of Toniná and further on, always on the road to Mount Líbano, there will be signs on the different GALs that are at the foot of the road. From Ocosingo, in one hour-hour and 20 minutes you will arrive at the Caracol of the celebration.

Dates: December 30 and 31, 2023. Cultural festival with participation of Zapatista youngsters and children. There will be plays, songs, dances and poetry. Dance in the afternoon and evening.

January 1, 2024. At 00:00: central Zapatista words. In the afternoon and evening cultural participation by family guests from all over the world. Those whose vocation is art and culture will be able to present their creations in front of the Zapatista communities and guests on January 1 and 2, 2024. Dance, Theater, Cinema, Music, Murals, etc., will be welcome.

January 2, 2024. Cultural participation from family members from around the world. Dance.

It is recommended to bring something to put between the floor and your battered anatomy at bedtime. Here, in addition to being dignified, the ground is hard.

There will be internet service by tokens, so that they can notify their relatives that they arrived safely. There will be non-specialized food stalls (that is, there are no vegan or vegetarian food stalls). Look into it.

We recommend that people with special diet and medication bring what they need. There will be ambulance service and primary medical care.

For the assignment of rest areas and bedrooms, people of sound mind (what you call “seniors” or “golden age” or “elders” or “people in the process of aging”), and minors, have preference.

Minors are warned that it is prohibited to stone, harass or hunt whales, unicorns, crocodiles, dragons, dogs, cats, ‘cuches’, chickens, roosters, rabbits, cows, oxen (without harm), mules (without harm) ), horses, mares, sheep, bicycles and other fantastic animals you may find. The 3 times T “Popcorn Command” will be patrolling and ensuring that no living being is attacked by thought, word or deed. On the other hand, it is allowed to attack the stones, as long as it is with the head. Be warned.

We remind you that in the Zapatista territories the consumption, trade, transfer and planting of drugs is prohibited. Likewise, the consumption of alcohol in any of its forms is prohibited.

The exhibition, distribution, propaganda and apology of any of the electoral political parties of any geography is also prohibited.

Also prohibited are sexist, religious, nationalist, racist, ideological, political and sporting manifestations that promote mockery, bullying, harassment, aggression and violence against people because of their color, race, sexual orientation, religion, language, culture, social origin, size, nationality, ideology, etc.

The celebration is of and for the Zapatista peoples. Respect is required for our uses and customs, for our ways and times, for our struggle.

From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.

Subcommander Insurgent Moisés.
Mexico, December 2023.

Zapatista militiamen and militiawomen working on preparing the place for the 30th anniversary celebration. Zapatista bicycle workshop. The 3 times T “Comando Popcorn” reinforced with the ‘pelusa colocha’ on its canine wing. Images courtesy of Los Tercios Compas, copyleft December 2023. Music: Armad@s de Baile. Bossanonimos. Original and Copla ℗ 2014 Bossanónimos Released on: 2014-10-23