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Here is a short video about the stonemasons that maintain the city of Morelia in Mexico. Mexican Handcraft Masters: Stonemasonry celebrates the traditional methods of extraction, cutting and carving with which stonemasons have sustained Morelia’s beauty for 500 years, and which they must find a way to pass down to future generations to preserve the city’s singular architecture. 

Watch the video at https://aeon.co/videos/how-keeping-a-craft-tradition-alive-can-bring-a-500-year-old-city-into-the-future