mexilady Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Our friend Hector is visiting Ajijic again from Oaxaca this week. He is selling his families alejibres along the carretera just east of El Torito. He will be there through Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Saltos Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Alejibres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 No such word in my dictionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary0131 Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, johanson said: No such word in my dictionary Good old Google: https://www.google.com.mx/search?q=alejibres&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=Puz0WcTqCpXOgQTk75nABA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Darn. I should have known better and used Mr. Google. Thank you for correcting me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo1 Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 More Liana--please jump in here and confirm that it's "Alebrijes". I remember how to say it because the b comes before the j, just like in the alphabet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMactavish Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Alebrijes (Spanish pronunciation: [aleˈβɾixes]) are brightly colored Mexican folk art sculptures of fantastical creatures. The first alebrijes, along with use of the term, originated with Pedro Linares. In the 1930s, Linares fell very ill and while he was in bed, unconscious, Linares dreamt of a strange place resembling a forest. There, he saw trees, animals, rocks, clouds that suddenly turned into something strange, some kind of animals, but, unknown animals. He saw a donkey with butterfly wings, a rooster with bull horns, a lion with an eagle head, and all of them were shouting one word, "Alebrijes". Upon recovery, he began recreating the creatures he saw in cardboard and papier-mâché and called them Alebrijes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alebrije Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 The Feria is coming and with it comes one of Mexico's premier families specializing in Alibrijes. In general, the Feria represents a fantastic opportunity to see the very best in Mexican folk art and to interact with and buy directly from the artisans at prices far below gallery prices. Don't miss it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted October 29, 2017 Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 Alejibres were invented by the family Linares and the family located at the back of the Sonora market in Mexico still make then.. The artisans from Oaxaca then started making some in painted wood rather than papier maché There are 2 villages in Oaxaca that specialize in alebrijes.. now you also see animals make of wire called alambrijes.. because for some of you whó do not speak Spanish alambre is a metal wire and it is a take of after alebrijes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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