As an artist, I could admire the alfombras. Families may spend months planning what the design will be and ordering the special materials that they will use.
The raw materials:
Some examples:
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 (adding the sawdust edge) |
 (detail of the border design) |
(one very elaborate sawdust alfombra)
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(using flowers to fill in the stencil line)
(sitting on planks to complete the design)
(flower wreath of sawdust)
(one of the more lengthy pieces)
(working on the border)
Some unusual materials:
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 (fruit) |
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As the processionals run late and start early, many families work on them late at night:
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