Papier-Mâché Altarpiece at Plaza Capuchinas in Mexico City, Mexico

Filed by Max the Cryptid Reporter

Cartonería is one of the main forms of artes populares (folk art), also known as artesanías (handcrafts), to come out of Mexico City and its metropolitan area. The terms refers to cartón, what cardboard is called in Mexican Spanish, and cartonería works use a type of papier-mâché technique for their building. Cartonería is the original medium for judas (figures intended to be burned at celebrations) and alebrijes , and a yearly event called La Noche de los Alebrijes takes place in Mexico City,