Mexico City Alebrije Parade
mexico city alebrije parade annual event honor mexican handcraft folk art especially hard kind papiermâché called “cartonería” creation fantastic figure called “alebrijes” alebrijes chimeralike creature credited artisan pedro linares painted bright color alebrijes parade larger anything linares created four meter height three meter width parade begin midday saturday late october historic center mexico city giant creature accompanied musician clown people costume giving event carnivallike atmosphere parade creation judged prize awarded also related literary musical composition event alternatively known la noche de los alebrijes night alebrijes desfile concurso de alebrijes monumentales del map monumental alebrije parade contest map parade contest organized museo de arte popular collaboration federal city secretariat culture authority historic center mexico city consejo nacional para la cultura la artes associación de amigo del map bbdo company purpose homage mexican handcraft folk art especially cartonería kind hard paper mache order restore value modern society spring early summer museo de art popular put open call participant inviting individual artist artisan along museum gallery hotel restaurant business public private institution notable artisan participated include arturo caballero arroyo ricardo hernández esteban g vargas laila yamille sabag enriqueta landgrave zamora fabián hernández alebrijes sponsored organization conaculta el taller los olvidados el faro de oriente arte en papel centro cultural xavier villarrutia librarte arte mexicano para el mundo mexico city secretariat culture parade begin midday saturday late october uniformed officer needed clear parade route keep order route take alebrijes historic center mexico city main square zocalo onto paseo de la reforma angel de la independencia thousand people mostly child parent line km parade route see creation alebrijes accompanied musical band symphonic band navy clown people stilt costume cheerleader acrobat lucha libre wrestler give carnival like atmosphere addition alebrijes figure cartonería appear catrina figure cm brightly decorated skull related day dead well juda figure normally made holy saturday tribute traditional us craft end parade alebrijes placed display sidewalk area paseo de la reforma angel de la independencia statue diana de huntress viewing judging early november prize best alebrijes peso first second third place addition alebrijes two related literary competition well one musical one literary competition called concurso de cuento sobre alebrijes alebrije story contest concurso de obra de teatro para títeres sobre alebrijes alebrije puppet show script contest literary contest open mexican writer foreign writer living mexico work written spanish indigenous language mexico spanish translation available work must original created event first second third prize competition well respectively winner selected audience vote music composition contest called concurso de música sobre alebrijes alebrije music contest also award prize best composition fanfare music musical event judge silvia navarrete gonzález betty luisa zanolli fabila gustavo rivero weber annual event begun museo de arte popular map purpose establishing mexico city tradition related valuing mexican handcraft folk art reason alebrijes chosen event wild shape color create surprise mexican foreigner according museo de arte popular director walther boelsterly first participant include arturo caballero felipe linares arte en papel date succeeded becoming tradition october shortly day dead year since founding event grown first four year alebrijes created event people participating creation first year saw participation forty alebrijes size ranging thirty centimeter four meter height grew eighty many number alebrijes participated people creating alebrijes year alone first four year parade seven million spectator watching live television six million watching creation tall meter wide three meter transported event creator case resulting alebrije big heavy participant could bring parade displayed event created two competition creation short story puppet show alebrijes also begun followed musical competition ninety five literary entry seventy seven short story eighteen script theme event hero mexican war independence mexican revolution whose th th anniversary celebrated year alebrijes included visage miguel hidalgo ignacio allende josé maría morelos pavón francisco villa emiliano zapata victoriano huerta porfírio díaz agustín de iturbide others winner la patria e primero alejandro camacho barrera first place si adelita se fuera con otro daniel macias camacho second place el masiosare hugo orozco flores third place success event spawned similar event instituto politécnico nacional ipn student professor difference event alebrije moving robotic part light purpose promoting mexican handcraft year three robotic alebrijes called aguiburro pesime pezadilla cyberburro participated map event well monumental alebrijes parade based credited artisan pedro linares began creating fantastic chimeralike brightly colored creature dreaming ill generally combine element real fantastic animal well human including face wing horn hoof multiple head tail two alebrijes exactly alikearthistory alebrijes generally made technique called cartonería hard type papiermâché although material used well difference alebrijes far larger anything linares ever made size ranging four meter height three meter width mexican sculptor ricardo linares participated creation chinese dragon snail’s head eagle claw octopus tentacle three meter tall four meter long meter wide weighed kilogram made paper fiberglass resin creature meant scary much fantastic generally dream like quality appearance well name supposed convey emotion attitude alebrijes incorporated element pre hispanic myth along image europe asia africa name given creation generally fanciful el malévolo evil one señor mariposa mr butterfly “por si la moscas” fly “jejete” “viaje alegre al viento” wind travel happy dragón de la esperanza dragon hope well name nahuatl tepitecac xolotl ehecatl created local workshop transported event creator one main problem aspiring participant obtaining sponsorship creation monumental piece creation piece expensive smaller figure cost average peso create figure four meter cost peso metal frame need used along paper paint material medium related monumental alebrijes museo de arte popular wikimedia common °′″n °′″w