Discover the Art and Culture of Mexico through his works.
Today, alebrijes are an undeniable part of Mexico's cultural and artistic imagination, and it is a craft in constant evolution. Since 2007, the Museum of Popular Art of Mexico City organizes a parade of monumental alebrijes with the intention of promoting the arts and Mexican folk culture.
What is an alebrije?.- An alebrije is a Mexican craft. It is a fantastic figure that combines physiognomic elements of various animals, whether real or imaginary.
In Oaxaca the carving of nahuales is done, in the village they are also called "Tonas" which according to the Zapotec cosmovision are animals that mark our life when we are born, in the pre-Hispanic calendar there are twenty tonas: coyote, lizard, armadillo, turtle, snake, rabbit, deer, frog, dog, monkey,...
