This year’s PACfest medal finally wins by a nose. The teal beauty features a glimmering papel picado design with a rotating VIVA FIESTA wheel at its center behind a slidable Palomino horse that ...

"I believe like papel picado is this cultural treasure of Mexico," he said. "Whenever you see it, you immediately recognize it as Mexican." His latest exhibit, Con Cariño at the Houston Endowment ...

A YouTube rabbit hole led Blanka Amezkua to a small Mexican town and the centuries-old craft of papel picado — chiseling intricate patterns into colorful paper flags. Credit... Supported by Text ...

Colorful strings of papel picado are hung on ofrendas to represent wind and air. The pieces of paper have holes and allow wind to flow through them, which symbolizes a soul’s journey to the living.

XOCHIMILCO, Mexico — Mexican artisans are struggling to preserve the traditional manufacture of paper cut-out decorations long used in altars for the Day of the Dead. Defying increasingly ...

Hispanic heritage month. Vector web banner, poster, card for social media, networks. Greeting with national Hispanic heritage month text, Papel Picado pattern, perforated paper on black background ...

Philadelphia-based visual artist Karina Puente creates wall-size banners for events, using the traditional folk art of 'papel picado' - which in Spanish, translates to 'cut paper'. As a proud ...

Papel picado is the colorful perforated tissue paper that is usually found hanging in Mexican restaurants to provide a festive atmosphere. It also plays an important role in Day of the Dead ...

Vasquez is a self-taught master of the art of papel picado, an ancient Mexican custom of precisely cutting scenes into paper. But she does so with a modern twist, turning paper into wearable art.

In Mexico, no festival or celebration is complete without the colorful punched-paper banners known as papel picado. As Tucson gears up for its annual Cinco de Mayo celebration, bright banners of ...