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Lupe's Photo Gallery: "Noche de Rabanos"
Night of the Radishes in Oaxaca, Mexico
All photos by Leonel G. (Lupe) Gutiérrez
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The Zocalo in Oaxaca, the place where the Noche de Rabanos is celebrated
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Two young people are carving radishes into small figures for their display.
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A young woman uses radishes and dried radish leaves to create a structure.
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A young man displays some of the figures he has carved from radishes at his stand.
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Large life-size figures that are carved from many radishes
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This woman is using "immortal flowers" to create festive figures of women.
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A figure of Christ on a cross made of "immortal flowers."
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Elaborate collection of figures displayed together make a colorful presentation..
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A figure made of totomoxtle, or dried corn husks, with a bow and arrow.
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Elaborate structure with umbrella-like parts and figures of people, made of radishes
Read a description of the Noche de Rabanos festival written by
Carla Isarel Estrada Clemente.
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