These beautiful statues were erected to celebrate a local carnival.
There is a merker which reads: A todos los Carnavaleros, que generacion tras generation, han hecho de nuestro de carnaval la mas importante fiesta popular del caribe Mexicano.
Cozumel, Q. Roo, Abril de 2008
This is translated as:
To all the Carnival, that generation after generation, have made our carnival the most important festival of the Mexican Caribbean.
Cozumel, Q. Roo, April 2008