 Entries by artisans, artists, families and groups each year have gotten bigger, more creative and more numerous, with names like
and are accompanied by bands playing popular Mexican music.At the end of the parade, the pieces are lined up on Paseo de la Reforma for judging and displayed for two weeks.The 2010 alebrije parade had themes related to the Bicentennial of the Independence of Mexico and the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution, although Walter Boelsterly, head of the Museo de Artes Populares, concedes that such may require a bit of tolerance because it can lead to revered figures such as Miguel Hidalgo and Ignacio Allende with animal parts.