Chiapas handcrafts and folk art is most represented with the making of pottery, textiles and amber products, though other crafts such as those working...
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Chiapas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃjapas] ; Tzotzil and Tzeltal: Chyapas [ˈtʃʰjapʰas]), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas (Spanish:...
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Guanajuato handcrafts and folk art are mostly of European origin, although some indigenous work still survives in some communities. The most notable craft...
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Mexican mask-folk art refers to the making and use of masks for various traditional dances and ceremony in Mexico. Evidence of mask making in the region...
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Murillo" in Guadalajara in 1875. He changed his name in order to identify himself as Mexican. Atl worked to promote Mexico's folk art and handcrafts. While...
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Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares (category Museums in Mexico City)
Documentación Alberto Beltrán, founded in 1971 to promote research and knowledge about Mexican handcrafts and folk art and indigenous ethnicities. The museum...
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Feria Maestros del Arte (category Arts in Mexico)
(English – Masters of Art Fair) is a non profit organization and annual three-day event held to support Mexican handcrafts and folk art in Chapala, Jalisco...
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Oaxaca (redirect from Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca)
Guerrero to the west, Puebla to the northwest, Veracruz to the north, and Chiapas to the east. To the south, Oaxaca has a significant coastline on the...
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Marta Turok (category Arts in Mexico)
Mexican handcrafts and folk art and to help artisans improve their economic status. Her work has been recognized with awards from various governmental and non-governmental...
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Outline of Mexico (section Art in Mexico)
of Mexico Festivals in Mexico Mexican handcrafts and folk art Healthcare in Mexico Languages of Mexico Media in Mexico National symbols of Mexico Coat...
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Piñata (category Christmas in Mexico)
even taken on an artistic aspect in some areas. David Gamez and Cecilia Meade sponsored a showing of piñatas as art rather than just as a party favor...
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Museo Universitario de Artes Populares María Teresa Pomar is a museum dedicated to Mexico's handcrafts and folk art tradition, called “artesanía.” It is...
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Delta in the state of Sonora to south of the gulf to the open Pacific, and then further south to the border with Guatemala in the state of Chiapas near...
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María Teresa Pomar (category Mexican art historians)
Teresa Pomar (1919-2010) was a collector, researcher and promoter of Mexican handcrafts and folk art along with the communities associated with them. She...
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(Coyotepec). Some production of Mexican handcrafts and folk art is traditional, and is particularly practiced in Oaxaca, but some artisans respond to tourist...
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Huipil (category Indigenous textile art of the Americas)
most common female indigenous garment still in use. It is most often seen in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Campeche...
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Preserving Health, and of Avoiding Inconveniences. &c". Stephens, John Lloyd (1841). "Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan". "La visita...
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Veracruz (redirect from Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave)
Located in eastern Mexico, Veracruz is bordered by seven states, which are Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco...
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UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists (redirect from List of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity)
kings in Phú Thọm". Retrieved 2015-09-16. "Art of Đờn ca tài tử music and song in southern Viet Nam". Retrieved 2015-09-16. "Ví and Giặm folk songs of...
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aiding in the development of newer ovens to create special handcrafts such as female figurines. In this period began the settlement of ancient societies,...
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Sumidero Canyon (category Tourist attractions in Chiapas)
city of Chiapa de Corzo in the state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. The canyon's creation began around the same time as the Grand Canyon in the U.S....
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First Mexican Republic (category States and territories established in 1824)
independent Mexico, and officially designated the United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos, listen). It ended in 1835, when conservatives...
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Mexican featherwork (category Mesoamerican art)
costumes, although mosaics are made in the state of Michoacán, and feather trimmed huipils are made in the state of Chiapas. The use of feather for decorative...
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Mexican lacquerware (section Chiapas)
Olinalá, Temalacatzingo and Acapetlahuaya in the state of Guerrero, Uruapan and Pátzcuaro in Michoacán and Chiapa de Corzo in Chiapas. The Mexican state of...
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Viaducto Miguel Alemán (category Highways in Greater Mexico City)
Carries the Tacubaya and Piedad rivers. In the first stage of operation, the freeway comprised only the portion between Parque Lira and Cuauhtémoc avenues...
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Mexican ceramics (redirect from Mexican pottery and ceramics)
items such as sculptures and folk art. Despite the fame of the prior, the bulk of ceramic items produced in the country are floor and wall tiles along with...
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of Deputies of México Chan Santa Cruz, Yucatan Chapultepec Castle Chiapas Chiapas conflict Chichimeca War Chihuahua (state) Chilam Balam Chimalpahin...
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Mexican Revolution (redirect from Books and Journals for Mexican Revolution)
de Liberación Nacional). The neo-Zapatista revolt began in Chiapas, which was very reliant and supportive of the revolutionary reforms, especially the...
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of his life, with a career of over fifty years. He works in the regional styles of bruñido and canelo, but is particularly renowned for the latter. He...
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