2018 - Mexico - Oaxaca - La Noche de Rábanos - 14 of 26
Radishes rule.
Each December 23, thousands of radishes fill the the zócalo as competitors put final touches on their ruby-red masterpieces.
Called La Noche de Rábanos or Night of the Radishes, the annual event has been a local tradition for 121 years and began as a way for local farmers and peasants to showcase their produce to potential customers browsing the marketplace. To stand out from their competition, vendors began carving radishes, colossal in size .
Noticing an opportunity, in 1897, Oaxaca’s then mayor, Francisco Vasconcelos, announced a radish-carving competition would take place each December 23. The event was just peculiar enough to grab people’s attention and whet their appetites for something different during the holiday season.
Read more: www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/why-radish-carving-has-beco...
Photo taken @ Oaxaca de Juárez on 23 December 2018 (© Ted's photos - For Me & You / Flickr)
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