Special Activities Students who would like to participate in field study trips that originate in Cuernavaca can do so by taking a bus to join the group. They can call the school in Cuernavaca early in the week to see what field study trips will be taking place on the weekend. There are also field study trips for students that leave from Buenavista.

Arts and Crafts in Buenavista As with many Mexican villages, crafts play an important role in the economic life of the community. Students are encouraged to work with local people, who give classes and demonstrations (in Spanish) in the following crafts:

• Leather Workshops Many of the townspeople raise cattle, providing Buenavista with a large supply of leather for the local leather craftsmen. Students can learn to make hats, belts, bags, or sandals with one of the local leather
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• Mexican Cooking The food of Buenavista is the food of rural Mexico. Interested students learn to make the traditional recipe of their choice; tortillas, tamales, salsas, moles, cheese, in the kitchens of some of the best cooks in the village.
  
  
• Basket Weaving Students make baskets by weaving palms, a tradition in the neighboring village of Tlamacazapa, by working with a native of that village.
  
  
• Embroidery Home crafts for women are an important part of the Buenavista economy. Women of the community make lace and do intricate embroidery, and students can learn to make napkins, tortilla covers, and rugs.
  
  
• Embroidery Home crafts for women are an important part of the Buenavista economy. Women of the community make lace and do intricate embroidery, and students can learn to make napkins, tortilla covers, and rugs.