Inside Frida Kahlo's home in Mexico City | MEXICO TRAVEL

Hey everyone, it's Tricia. So right now we are in Mexico City and we are going inside the house of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Born in 1907 in La Casa Azul in Mexico City, Frida is considered one of Mexico's greatest artists. The Blue House was built by his father, Guillermo Kahlo, in 1904 and this is where Frida grew up and died. During the Mexican Revolution, the Kahlo family was financially challenged and they were not able to pay their mortgage, including Frida's medical care. This is when Frida's husband, Diego Rivera, came into the picture. He purchased a home which paid off the mortgage and debts that Frida's father accumulated, both in building the house and paying for Frida's accident. At age six, Frida contracted polio, which crippled her right leg. It grew shorter than her left leg, which made her limp. When Frida was 18, the bus she was riding collided with a trolley car, which made her paralyzed most of her life. As she experienced poor health at a very young age, Frida's revolutionary work inspired many of us today. That once life should not stop because of these pains. Frida continued to live the life she always imagined by doing what she loved most, art. Little did she know that one day she will be a big icon, not just in Mexico, but all over the world. The Frida Kahlo house is located in today's Coyoacan neighborhood in Mexico City, and over 20,000 visitors from all over the world visit every month. It's not that big, though it appears massive from the outside. The house is 800 square meters and the central courtyard is 400 square meters. The house is exaggeratedly blue, an iconic color of Mexico. But part of this visit that I enjoyed the most was Frida's collection of clothes. We've all seen how Frida expressed herself through her clothing. This is called Tijuana traditional clothing, a fascinating matriarchal society based in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico. The name Tehuantepec was given by the Aztecs. It signifies the corridor of land on which the people reside. For Frida, the Tehuana traditional dress is not only an object that she adopted to her body to hide her imperfections, but something she fused with and wore like a second skin. The Tehuana matriarchal society is administrated and dominated by women, and as such, their traditional attire is a strong symbol of female power and independence. It has been said that Frida adopted this image to please her husband Diego Rivera, who was fond of the powerful Zapotec women from this region of Mexico. Nonetheless, this exhibition of Frida's dresses proposes that far from being a simple act of love, her use of a hybrid dress was a calculated stylization. These wardrobes were only discovered in La Casa Azul in April 2004. It was hidden in the upper part of the house on a tiled bathroom adjacent to Frida's room. Her clothes were kept for more than 50 years at the request of her husband, muralist Diego Rivera. Around 300 dresses, jewelry, including her orthopedic wardrobes were discovered. I enjoyed the whole tour and the only negative thing I can say about it is that the number of people seem to be uncontrolled. They say that they are monitoring the people entering every hour and that there's a certain number per day, but I still found it very crowded inside. On the other hand, the museum is worth visiting because, well, this is Frida's house. That's enough reason to visit. If you want to know how to purchase Frida Kahlo Museum tickets, you can go to my blog, psimonmyway.com, for a detailed post. And I want to ask you a favor. So for the next few days, I am going to publish tutorials about anything travel so that when we are allowed to travel, you are well prepared. If you have any particular topics that you want me to discuss, please leave them on the comment box below. Bye! Stay safe!