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Papel picado is considered a Mexican folk art. The designs are commonly cut from as many as 40-50 colored tissue papers stacked together and using a guide or template, a small mallet, and chisels, creating as many as fifty banners at a time. [2] Papel picado can also be made by folding tissue paper and using small, sharp scissors.
[1] [3] The paper and cardboard used is mostly waste paper, such as old newspapers and boxes, with decorative elements, such as crepe paper being new. [2] [5] Most shapes are created with molds, then painted with acrylics. [5] Most of the production since colonial times has followed the annual calendar of religious and civic events.
Milla biflora, Mexican star, [3] is a species of flowering plant native to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala, [2] [4] [5] where it grows at 1,000–2,700 m (3,300–8,900 ft) elevation. [6]
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The epicenter took place in Los Angeles, where up to 75,000 Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans were deported by train — oftentimes at Union Station — in one year, Gisiger, now 19, said ...
[1] [3] Mexican historian and anthropologist Fernando Benítez states that the Huichols have probably maintained their ancient belief systems better than any other indigenous group in Mexico. [2] Much of this isolationist tendency remains intact although economic circumstances have forced a number of good Huichols to migrate to areas such as ...
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