Festival of the Radish
December 23, 2009

Angels of radish
Dolls of radish
Horses of radish
Nativity scene
People in the Zocalo

Tonight we went to the Zocalo (main plaza ) and went to see the Festival of the Radish. This is a major fiesta here and it seems that the whole town turns out to view the radishes that are carved and put onto display. First off remember that this square covers a whole city block and all around the outside of the square there are tables set up in a perimeter.
On each table about 6 feet long is a display by one group or another from around the state that are competing for the best prize to be given out.
There is a raised walkway set up in front of the exhibits and even though we got there early at 5:00 pm we would have been 20-30 minutes just to get into line to go on the raised walkway. So we elected to go outside the walkway and still were able to see all of the exhibits.
Some of the sections of exhibits were of only the stocks of the radishes made into figurines and complete elaborate scenes with nativity scenes being them most popular.
There was a section of large carved radishes and these were maybe 6-9” or longer in size. Then there was an area of what seemed to be radish flowers arranged into again depicted scenes. Well again I hope that you will see some of it in the pictures.
Next it was time for dinner at a sidewalk restaurant. Bev had the triple tostadas, which was three kinds of tostados (beef, turkey, ham and a vegetarian). I had a grilled steak with mole, guacamole, cactus with cheese and a creamed tortellini with cheese and some sort of vegetable. Really great eating here.
By now the plaza had completely filled with people and you literally could not walk around so it was time to find a taxi and head for home.