Friday, October 22-Tuesday, November 2:
Exhibition of two towering alebrijes (fantastical animal figures) from the workshop of Jacobo and María Angeles of San Martín Tilcajete, Oaxaca and Huichol bead-decorated Catrinas
Friday, October 29-Sunday, October 31:
Tianguis (open air folk art market)
At the exhibition’s inauguration, Alejandro Murat Hinojosa, Governor of Oaxaca, announced:
In our country we have earned the recognition of our people by seeing Oaxaca as the reflection of the soul of Mexico because Oaxaca reflects the richness of our culture, our art, our history. But in another way, Oaxaca has its own soul: it has 16 Indigenous people, more than 102 dialects, and it is one of the most bio-diverse states in Mexico and in the world…We want more of Oaxaca in the world and more of the world in Oaxaca. Being here at the Rockefeller Center in New York, unveiling these alebrijes and beginning this festival of economic and cultural promotion, we know that we’re achieving that objective.
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