The first-ever Week of Mexico in Chicago celebrates the Mexican culture and promotes the ties between the city and the Mexico.
Artisans from Tlaxcala create the Huamantla Carpets using marble stones to celebrate ties between Mexico and Chicago during Mexico Week at Daley Plaza on May 4, 2022.
Other commemorations include a special dish created by chef Carlos Gaytán of Tzuco restaurant, the exhibition “Images of Mexico,” at the Mexican Consulate, the inauguration of the Wings of Mexico sculpture downtown and a ceremony to name the library of Instituto Cervantes after the Mexican writer José Emilio Pacheco.Artisans Juan Hernandez, left, and Daniel Balderas work on the creation of the Huamantla Carpets at Daley Plaza in Chicago on May 4, 2022.
Montiel and his team, he said, are honored to adorn some of Chicago’s most emblematic places with the picturesque carpets traditional to his hometown of Huamantla, a city in Tlaxcala in Mexico. Artisan Fransicso Montiel works with others as they create the carpet at Daley Plaza in Chicago on May 4, 2022.
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