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Celebration To Promote Mexico In Familiar Neighborhood Setting
De Pueblo a Pueblo is an eight-week celebration that begins later this month in Philadelphia. The first-ever festival will honor Philadelphia's local Mexican community by promoting greater understanding of traditional arts, language and history of Mexico.The citywide festival hopes to connect a growing Mexican population and their customs with a broader Philadelphia audience. In addition to providing a variety of opportunities to learn more about Mexican culture, of special significance is where the event will be happening – Philadelphia's Magic Gardens.
Showcasing the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar, Philadelphia's Magic Gardens is a folk art environment made entirely of found objects and contributions from the community.
In 1968, Zagar and his wife came to Philadelphia after spending three years with the Peace Corps in Peru. Creating folk art all around his new city, he took an entire row house on South Street and covered it with mosaics, over 3000 square feet of them, that include pieces of mirror and original poetry.
Hands-on activities, performances, traditional foods, crafts and folk art, along with discussions about immigration, are set to provide opportunities to learn about Mexico and should fit right in at the Magic Gardens.
The event will kick off on April 27 with the opening reception for "Echeleganas: Do Your Best," a photographic exhibition featuring the people of La Sierra del Norte, a small village in Puebla, Mexico.
Flickr photo via Guerry
The event will kick off on April 27 with the opening reception for "Echeleganas: Do Your Best," a photographic exhibition featuring the people of La Sierra del Norte, a small village in Puebla, Mexico.
Flickr photo via Guerry
Filed under: Festivals and Events, North America, Mexico, United States
