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Most crafts-producing communities in the area specialize in one type or sub-type of handcraft and most are located in or near the city of Oaxaca. [2] [3] Merchandise is manufactured for the tourist trade and sold through intermediaries mostly in the city of Oaxaca as relatively few tourists venture into the rural areas where the products are made.
The Market was founded by businesswoman Judith Espinar, together with Thomas Aageson, executive director of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and former executive director of Aid to Artisans; the former Market executive director, Charlene Cerny, formerly director of the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, and Charmay Allred, a community philanthropist.
Oaxacan alebrijes have eclipsed the Mexico City version, with a large number of stores in and around the city of Oaxaca selling the pieces, [23] and it is estimated that more than 150 families in the same area make a living making the figures. [19] Woodcarving, along with other crafts in Oaxaca, grew in importance as the state opened up to tourism.
Jaime Gonzales of Rio Rancho, N.M., carries a large cross along Santa Fe County Road 98 on his way to Santuario de Chimayo on April 7, 2023. (Eddie Moore / Albuquerque Journal via Associated Press)
She was invited to events such as World Crafts Council meetings in and out of Mexico [4] and won many national and international prizes and other recognitions. [1] Two years before her death, Nelson Rockefeller came to Oaxaca to meet her, who collected over 175 pieces of her work. [ 1 ]
As part of a country's cultural heritage, they include celebrations, festivals, performances, oral traditions, music, and the making of handicrafts. [1] The "intangible cultural heritage" is defined by the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, drafted in 2003 [2] and took effect in 2006. [3]
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