Wordless Wednesday - Radish Night
Wednesday December 17, 2008
© Suzanne Barbezat
Radish Night, Noche de Rabanos, is a unique festival held in Oaxaca every December 23rd. Artisans carve and assemble radishes into elaborate figures and scenes.
© Suzanne Barbezat
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Comments
Wow! I have never heard of Radish Night.
I am impressed. I can’t even imagine using radishes to create such art. Great photo!
wonderful! is that really radish?? fascinating. great work, great art!
I’ve made radish flowers but WOW that is real work of art.
How very cool. In Italy, they make parade floats with grapes, but I think this is even better!
fascinating! i wonder what the history behind this is.
hellow from a fellow wordless wednesdayer
Oh, wow! Way too pretty to eat! I wonder how long it took to build that.
ooops, i could have just clicked on your link to see about the background … duh!
:)