Night of the Radishes
The Night of the Radishes (Noche de Rábanos) is an annual event on December 23 in Oaxaca, Mexico, where participants carve oversized radishes into scenes for a competition. Introduced to Mexico by the Spanish, radishes were initially used by farmers at the Christmas market in Oaxaca to attract customers. The tradition evolved into a formal competition in 1897, started by Mayor Francisco
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