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  • Inhabitants of indigenous communities gather in the highest mountains and in springs to celebrate rain request rituals.
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  • Los "tlacololeros" que producen los truenos con sus látigos, tienen la misión de preparar y cuidar la tierra de los roedores y de mantener a una distancia prudente a los que deciden acercarse demasiado durante una pelea de tigres.
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  • Los grupos tigres se reunen alejados unos de otros para no ser reconocidos, mientras tanto colocan sus cristos, coronas de flores y las diferentes mascaras que serán usadas en las peleas sobre rocas a la vista de la gente que llega para formar parte del ritual.
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  • Dos mujeres visitan la tumba de un familiar y ofrecen una corona de flores, al fondo se pueden ver las montañas a las que mas tarde subirán en procesión para realizar un ritual que tiene que ver con el aseguramiento mágico de las lluvias y la fertilidad de las tierras.
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  • The women throw the blows with force to the face, the one who receives them frequently closes her eyes in pain and even drenched in blood do not give up, they continue to fight.<br />
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In the indigenous Nahua community of La Esperanza in Mexico, people maintain the tradition of fighting to ask for rain and obtaining a good harvest season. The people of La Esperanza and nearby communities gather in the afternoon in the middle of a field of sowing set up as a battlefield. Men and women fight with their fists and the blows are aimed at the face. His blood represents the fertility of the earth and when it falls into the furrows it becomes the sacred liquid that will germinate the corn plant.
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  • Around the fights, other girls take photos and video with their cell phones.<br />
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In the indigenous Nahua community of La Esperanza in Mexico, people maintain the tradition of fighting to ask for rain and obtaining a good harvest season. The people of La Esperanza and nearby communities gather in the afternoon in the middle of a field of sowing set up as a battlefield. Men and women fight with their fists and the blows are aimed at the face. His blood represents the fertility of the earth and when it falls into the furrows it becomes the sacred liquid that will germinate the corn plant.
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  • Supporters of Juan Orlando Hernandez, candidate for the ruling National Party, at a rally in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Nov. 12, 2013. The possibility of a left-wing party's return to power and the military's growing influence over politics in this crime-plagued country have cast a shroud of uncertainty over the election scheduled for Nov. 24. (Rodrigo Cruz-Perez/The New York Times)
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  • TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - NOVEMBER 12, 2013: Honduras' presidential candidate, Juan Orlando Hernandez, speaks to supporters at rally in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Honduras will hold general elections on November 24. CREDIT: Rodrigo Cruz for The New York Times
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