Despite the loss of ancient village Xochiaca, which was swallowed by Mexico City’s urban sprawl, stone carvers have still been able to pass down the village’s craft tradition for generations.
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The village cemetery is filled with yard-high statues of saints and a knot of men who coax flower garlands and flowers out of the blocks of stone with their chisels. While carvers in other areas long ago turned to mechanical cutters and polishers, the craftsmen here use only hammers, mallets and a variety of chisels and gouges.
Master stone carver Tomás Ugarte sculpts quarry at the cemetery in the Mexico City borough of Chilmalhuacan, once the ancient village of Xochiaca, on July 2, 2023.
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