A 2010 entry in the contest yaxchibonam via Flickr under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Each December 23, the bracing peppery fragrance of thousands of radishes fills the air at the zócalo in Oaxaca, Mexico, as ...

“I feel so proud of being part of something so traditionally Oaxacan,” Daniel Rojas tells me as I enter a dimly lit room rich with the earthy smell of radishes. They are preparing for a radish-carving ...

City maintenance workers protest near the site where Oaxaca’s canceled radish carving festival was to be held. They said the government’s reason for calling off the event wasn’t true. (Cody ...

OAXACA, Mexico -- Michelangelo had fine Italian marble, carefully selected from the town of Carrara. Here, they have radishes, carefully selected from the garden. But who is to say that the art of the ...

1. The radish carving competition has been held in Oaxaca every year since 1897. 2. Around 8,000 tons of radishes were sold in the UK last year. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT 3. The ancient ...

Every year since 1897, around Christmas, the people of Oaxaca, Mexico, celebrate the Night of the Radishes. The central feature of this event is the carving of oversized radishes into various ...

"I feel so proud of being part of something so traditionally Oaxacan," Daniel Rojas tells me as I enter a dimly lit room rich with the earthy smell of radishes. They are preparing for a radish-carving ...