XOCHIMILCO, Mexico — Mexican artisans are struggling to preserve the traditional manufacture of paper cut-out decorations long used in altars for the Day of the Dead. Defying increasingly popular mass ...
Students called upon the spirits of their loved ones to honor and be present with them in creating “papel picado” after Candy Angel-Diaz, also known as the “Nepantlera Art-ivist” blessed the room with ...
Mexican artisans are struggling to preserve the traditional manufacture of paper cut-out decorations long used in altars for the Day of the Dead. Defying increasingly popular mass-production ...
In Mexico, no festival or celebration is complete without the colorful punched-paper banners known as papel picado. As Tucson gears up for its annual Cinco de Mayo celebration, bright banners of papel ...