The Dancing Chickens of Ventura Fabián San Martin de Tilcajete a tradition celebrated during Carnival

a tradition celebrated during Carnival and the Dia de los Muertos in Izúcar de Matamoros in the Mixteca region of Puebla

5 cmWood/PaintOrigin OaxacaSigned

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Hermelinda crafts for these figures costumes out of strips of fabric like the Tiliche charcters from the Putla Villa de Guerrero Carnival wear

The Dancing Chickens of Ventura Fabián San Martin de Tilcajete a tradition celebrated during Carnival8x11 h. 13 cm Wood Paint Origin Oaxaca Signed The Dancing Chicken, an invention by the first generation Oaxacan master carver Ventura Fabian (1938 2019) are continued to be carved by his son Norberto Fabian Xuana and painted by his wife, Blanca Estela Melchor Mendez.