Extracting colors from snails is an ancient dyeing method that the Mixtec people have been practicing for around 1,500 years.
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Mixtec
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Like their ancestors, Mixtec dyers do not hurt the snails. They carefully return them to their habitat. They give them time to recover and recharge.
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Dodging waves at low tide, a barefooted, shirtless Mixtec man is carefully walking along the Pacific Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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