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Arrazola Folk Art Lifts Mexican Towns to Wealth
In Arrazola and nearby pueblos, carved wooden figures and other crafts have turned once-poor towns into cottage industries. Don Manuel Jimenez led a wood carving boom that reached U S stores and galleries with the help of Arthur Train, while families trade corn and beans for larger homes and luxury goods as tourism fuels prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight-Ridder
Arrazola
Mexico
United States
HBO
Santa Clara del Cobre
Michoacan
Talavera
Dolores Hidalgo
Guanajuato
Betty Rosen
Los Angeles
Pueblo
Don Manuel Jimenez
Jimenez
Oaxaca
Arthur Train
U.S