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  • People congregate every year in the middle of a field of sowing to carry out a ritual where men and women fight to ask for rain and for the corn plant to germinate.<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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_01.jpg
  • A girl challenges her opponent by taking her by the blouse and closing her fist ready to attack, the other girl closes her eyes but does not give up, she manages to let go and fights with courage.<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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_04.jpg
  • She on guard, with pain and blood in her mouth, looks directly at her opponent with no plans to give up.<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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_02.jpg
  • Ana Maria Torres Ramirez during her training in Mexico City, April 7, 2011. Ana Maria is well known as La Guerrera in the boxing circuit; she is one of most prominent athlete from Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl. She is world champion and maintains a gym where trains inexpensively children and youth from the community.
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  • Two women look for their rival among those attending the ritual 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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_08.jpg
  • 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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  • Two women fight in the center of a circle made up of the same women who attend the ritual fight. Nobody intervenes in the fights, the only way to finish is to surrender.<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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_09.jpg
  • 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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_05.jpg
  • The fight is over, he now wipes the blood from his face, he has already spilled blood on the sowing field.<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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_16.jpg
  • It is time for the exchange of blows, the rules are simple, just blows with a closed fist to the face until one of the two opponents decides not to continue, at the end, they cordially shake hands and take a break, possibly someone else ask to fight one of them and if not, they will wait until next year.<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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_13.jpg
  • A Nahua indigenous raises his fist in victory at the end of their fight during the ritual asking for rain.<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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_14.jpg
  • A child with tears in his eyes, perhaps from feeling defeated in his 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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_17.jpg
  • A woman takes a handful of dirt from the ground to wipe the sweat from her hands to clench her fists more firmly and start the 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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_03.jpg
  • A bloodstained paper on the battlefield, while more fights take place more rain should fall over the corn plants.<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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_15.jpg
  • 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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_06.jpg
  • Before fighting it is important to bandage the hands to avoid injuring the wrist or knuckles.<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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_12.jpg
  • An indigenous Nahua woman prays in a sacred place, here the townspeople gather to celebrate and share food before the ritual fights take place.<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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_10.jpg
  • Sometimes women ask for time out to rest and clean the blood from their nose. His blood is an offering to his deities, which will be accepted and rewarded with a good harvest.<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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_07.jpg
  • La Esperanza, an indigenous people that lives from agriculture and commerce, is located in the state of Guerrero, in southern Mexico.<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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_18.jpg
  • Most women have fought at some time in their life and this starts as children.<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.
    Ask-for-Rain-Ritual_Rodrigo-Cruz_11.jpg
  • Police search for small time drug users and detain them, as part of a fight against Mexican drug war in Tijuana, Mexico. SPANISH: Un presunto vendedor de droga es detenido por un policía armado cuando intentaba escapar en Tijuana, México.
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  • Police search downtown area for small time drug users and detain them, as part of fight against Mexican drug war in Tijuana, Mexico. SPANISH: Un presunto vendedor de droga es detenido y revisado por la policía. Tijuana es una de las ciudades donde circula la mayor cantidad de drogas hacia los Estados Unidos.
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  • Patricia Kaly Tito, alias "Alicia Flores", after a fight in a wrestling match. She belongs to a wrestlers group titled "Titans of the Ring" and always wears as Cholita with the traditional costumes of Aymaras women of Bolivia, in El Alto, Bolivia, February 19, 2012.<br />
SPANISH: Retrato de Patricia Kaly Tito, alias Alicia Flores despues de su presentación de lucha libre. Las Cholitas usan la vestimenta tradicional de los Aymara cuando entran al ring a luchar, en El Alto, Bolivia, el 19 de Febrero de 2012.
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  • "Fighting Back as Mexican Churches Are Looted", The New York Times, Mexico, January 15, 2013. Photographs by Rodrigo Cruz.
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  • A miner inside a bar. Alcoholism is a serious problem among miners who live and work in Rinconada. At night fights and injuries from blows to the head are commonplace.
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  • Teodora Ocampo (50) fights forest fire in Butku, RAAN, Nicaragua, 2014.
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