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From Saturday, October 28 to December 2, Times Square will be the exhibition venue for 2 of the 16 5-meter-high catrinas created by plastic artists in the city of Atlixco, in Puebla, which are part of the Catrinas Valley. These 2 works arrived in New York and will be located on Broadway and 46th Street. “It is the effort that has been made together with different people with a view to strengthening the pride and identity of being Puebla,” Ariadna Ayala, highlighted to Telemundo 47, municipal president of Atlixco. The first catrina, painted by the artist Gildardo Lozada, talks about the legend of the “Charro Negro”, which makes reference to the culture of the dead. The second catrina, painted by the artist Victor Hugo Poblado, “is the little devil of San Miguel, a legend in Atlixco, which tells that on the Cerro de San Miguel there is a little devil who escapes from the cave and comes out to do his misdeeds, the little devil of San Miguel is an emblematic theme”.
Catrinas are an iconic symbol of Mexico and the heart of Manhattan will be the setting for some very special ones just for the Day of the Dead season.
This is because from Saturday, October 28 to December 2, Times Square will be the exhibition site for 2 of the 16 5-meter-high catrinas created by plastic artists in the city of Atlixco, in Puebla, which are part of the Valley of Catrinas. These 2 plays came to New York and will be located on Broadway and 46th Street.
“It is the effort that has been made together with different people with a view to strengthening the pride and identity of being Puebla,” Ariadna Ayala, municipal president of Atlixco, who is in New York for the inauguration of the 2 Catrinas on Saturday, October 28.
In addition, the two catrinas that will be on display for the public to take photos with have a special story that seeks “a strengthening of identity and pride through art,” as Ayala said.
The first catrina, painted by the artist Gildardo Lozada, talks about the legend of the “Charro Negro”, which makes reference to the culture of the dead.
The second catrina, painted by the artist Victor Hugo Poblado, “is the little devil of San Miguel, a legend in Atlixco that tells that on the Cerro de San Miguel there is a little devil who escapes from the cave and comes out to do his misdeeds, the little devil of San Miguel is an emblematic theme.”
People from the tri-state area can go to the opening on Saturday at 10:20 am where they can also enjoy mariachis.
With this event Ayala wants to make an invitation to visit Atlixco.
“We are waiting for you in Atlixco, a municipality 20 minutes from Puebla, with beautiful gastronomy, and the famous yellow cempaxúchitl flowers,” said Ayala.
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On October 28 is the presentation of the “Charro Negro”, a catrina that will be exhibited on Broadway and 46 St, Times Square, Manhattan.
Our traditions cross borders.
How proud to be from Atlixco! 2/2 pic.twitter.com/r9NjyHIKX8— Ariadna Ayala (@AriadnaAyala) October 25, 2023
2023-10-27 20:02:00
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