By Alejandra Rosado | CEO
Hi! Guess what? We have three great colorful news for you.... we have new works on the tourist route of traditional crafts murals.
The first one was made by the artists Aida Corres and Jazel Cabrera, they were inspired by a whole family dedicated to traditional party crafts. Including mother and son crafts. Roberto makes papel picado which is colorful type of decorative paper cut with forms and letters. The mural also represents Jesús who is part of “El Muuni” which is the traditional music band conformed of drums, cymbals and flutes. And finally, the mural also includes traditional crystalized fruits of the region made by Nereida, the mother of the family.
“We are very happy because the mural includes the trades of all our family, we are part of the most beautiful traditions which are the community parties, now people look for us more often” said Nereida when saw the mural finished.
In our region peanut it’s a very important crop but only five families remain harvesting and selling it, that’s why we included this craft in the mural route. Came Moreno, the author of the second mural called his work “The peanut house” and added on it a representation of curados, traditional fermented drink. “People comes and take pictures of the mural, they always buy peanut snacks”, said Don Martín, the peanut man, who prepares peanut in all its versions: chili, sweetened, salty…
The third new is about brickers, during the earthquake, brick makers activated their trades because people needed to rebuild their homes. Brick demand increased so much that outsider bricks are offering lower prices consequently local brick makers’ economy is being threatened. That’s why Anel and Jona, made a mural in tribute to this honorable trade. This mural tells the story of how the knowledge of making bricks was transmitted from generation to generation, from the grandfather to the father and the father to his sons and so on.
Well, these results are amazing, YOU made this possible. Local people is so grateful that they want to meet you people, because your support keep us going.
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