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Teòfila Servin Barraga: Embroidery

Winter 2016

Can a Colonial Crafts Town Survive Modern Mexico?

In the 1500s, a Spanish bishop turned a collection of pueblos around the Mexican town of Patzcuaro into a center for craftsmanship. The people here are still making and marketing their wares in much the same way they did hundreds of years ago. Now they have to overcome tourists’ fears about drug traffickers, real or not.

BY Laura Fraser
The traditional toys of Mexico: a visit to La Esquina, Mexico’s Popular Art Toy Museum.
For the Michoacán traveler, consider Casa de la Real Adana, the ultimate craft hotel.

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