The community of Sabinas in Leon makes sawdust carpets each year on Good Friday to celebrate. These are made from dyed, wet sawdust. Most families have planned a design weeks in advance - often using pictures from the Bible, calendars, tracts, or other random places. The whole process takes many hours, from laying the initial carpet and packing it in; to adding the colors. The early birds begin around 6 am on Friday morning. By the evening the carpets are wiped away as a procession passes over them.
the extra-long version... not sure what city this is...
Wire is used to draw the design into the wet, packed sawdust and boards or ladders keep the workers just above the canvas
Do you see it?
All the colors ready to go
Everyone helps
Sometimes help means keeping the picture handy
I love that they're using a picture from the huge family Bible as their inspiration
Carpets and kids alike getting watered
This is the Samaritan woman at the well - they're working on Jesus in the top left of the picture
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