Taxco's massive Catrina captures international attention

On its opening day, the carpet, which was woven with cempasúchil flowers grown locally, was seen by 30,000 individuals, most of them visitors.

Taxco's massive Catrina captures international attention
The world's eyes are on Taxco because of its massive Catrina. Credit: Comsoc Taxco

The colossal carpet of the Catrina of Taxco de Alarcón has attracted the attention of various social network users worldwide, and in only one day it received over 30 thousand visitors, mostly national and foreign tourists.

The Catrina of Taxco was made by more than 15 thousand cempasúchil plants but it is a Taxco production and for five years this monumental carpet has been made in the Borda square and as a stage in front of the Church of Santa Prisca.