Alebrijies were first created in Mexico in the 1930s by Pedro Linares, who began hallucinating fantastical images while sick and created them as an art form. The tradition spread to Oaxaca, where alebrijies were commonly carved out of wood and featured in parades as fantastical hybrid creatures.

1. Alebrijies

2. Alebrijies
Were first created by Pedro
Linares in the 1930s in Mexico.
He became sick and began
to hallucinate and saw these
images.
Artform spread to
Oaxaca, Mexico, where
alebrijies were carved out of
wood.

3. Video of alebrijies used in a parade:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXn0VE66VmE

10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f
HsGRmP3Zw
Tutorial on how to make an alebrije: