Welcome To Ojojona - 2
by Hany J
Title
Welcome To Ojojona - 2
Artist
Hany J
Medium
Photograph - Original Photo
Description
Ojojona is a municipality in the Honduran department of Francisco Morazán, located about 45 minutes drive south of Tegucigalpa the Honduran capital. It is situated in a small plateau in one of the hills of Cerro de Hule, at the base of the Payaguagre mountain.
The Town of Ojojona is a beautiful colonial town, founded more than 400 years ago by the Spanish who wanted to work the gold and silver mines that used to exist back then in that region. At the present time it is still a town, with a population of about 10,000 people.
If you ask the locals, they will tell you that the name Ojojona is pretty strange. It comes from a combination of the Mexican voice "Joxone" mixed with the Lenca language voice of "Oxorxona". Translated to Spanish it means "Agua Verdosa" or "Greenish Water" in English. At some point in time the name became Ojojona, and it has remained like that over the last several centuries.
The architecture of Ojojona is beautiful, colonial type houses, and the churches of course. There are 3 main churches: El Calvario, San Juan Bautista and El Carmen. Most houses were built with adobe walls, whitewashed with lime, and Spanish tiles. Most streets are cobble paved. It is also a very quiet town, and many people tell you that nothing ever happens in Ojojona, and it feels like time has stopped in Ojojona; and you don´t know if you are in the 21st century or the 18th century. Many of the locals work local handicrafts and pottery.
This is an image of the main gate to the village from the main road.
All images are taken with a Canon 5D III (full frame) and a Canon 7D II (crop frame) using a variety of Canon L-Series lenses, and Tamron and Sigma pro-line lenses; processed in RAW with ACR, PSC, Photomatix, and a variety of other imaging software.
All images are Copyright © 2018 Hany G. Jadaa; C.Chem. M.Sc. Eng.; and Copyright © 2018 Prince John Photography (the Artist). The material contained herein may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or downloaded in any way, shape or form. All rights are reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the Artist is strictly prohibited and will be prosecuted under US, Canadian, European, and Australian Copyright laws.
Image is available for purchase at higher resolution and no copyright stamps upon request. Please contact the artist directly at pjphotography@uniserve.com
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May 7th, 2018
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