Yesterday was the yearly event called "El Dia de los Rabanos" or Day of the Radishes.  This vegetable, which may not be everyone's favorite, is quite popular in Oaxacan cooking and is celebrated by skilled craftsmen who fashion and carve elaborate scenes and figurines out of radishes. In the 18th century two Dominican monks introduced giant radishes at a Oaxacan Christmas market.  It soon became a tradition. They display their creations around the Zocalo in individual booths where each entry is judged for creativity and design. Enjoy these amazing creations!

  

Radish dragon

Pegasus and mythical snake

Mermaid patron of sailors

Three dragons

La Catrina, personification of death

Medicine women

Radish creche

Traditions