Museo de Arte Popular Mexicano
this museum of popular art in Cancun, Mexico houses
an excellent collection of folk art that contains over 3400 pieces
of various shapes, sizes, materials, textiles and colors that were
created by the artisans of the region. One of their featured
exhibits showcases Tianguis, a copy of a small village market and
another called Troje that is a copy of Purepecha, the outstanding
architecture of the Michoacan people. In their main gallery, there
is a magnificent altar that has been framed with numerous examples
of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and the trees of life in different
shapes and sizes. There are a few dioramas with life-sized
mannequins that depict the ethnic diversity of the area and the
beautiful costumes worn by the Indians and other cultures that are
so colorful and exotic. The museum has two stores in the city that
offer excellent examples of the creations of the indigenous peoples
and the beautiful folk art that they produce.
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