White Papel Picardo Bunting

Papel Picardo- Mexican Paper cut garlands.   In the towns, villages and cities of Mexico one often sees papel picardo streamers stretching from one side of the street to the other or from the church bell towers to railings are brightly coloured paper decorations called papel picardo- this translates as paper cuts. They are used to celebrate birthdays, weddings, Day of the Dead, national holidays and many other Mexican celebrations. The paper cuts are chiselled out by hand. Templates are designed, tissue paper is stacked in piles of up to 100 sheets then chisels are used to cut the designs out. Each streamer has 10 paper cuts - Dimensions: 50 x 35 cm for each individual paper cut ; a total length of 6 m.