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  • Ilucion Hernandez runs through the streets of Puebla City, Mexico
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  • Una mujer espera el amanecer frente a su casa. Las mujeres inician muy temprano su día preparando los alimentos de su familia para después ir a trabajar una jornada de 10 horas al día en los campos agrícolas de Culiacán, México.
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  • Una mujer alimenta a su bebe en el exterior de la habitacion donde vivira junto con su familia mientras trabajen en los campos agricolas de Culiacan, Mexico.
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  • A tired woman holds her child during the long travel, from her community to the agricultural farms fields in Sinaloa, Culiacan.<br />
SPANISH: Una mujer cansada carga a su hijo durante el largo recorrido, de su comunidad a los campos agricolas de Sinaloa, Culiacán.
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  • A tired woman holds her child during the long travel, from her community to the agricultural farms fields in Sinaloa, Culiacan.<br />
SPANISH: Una mujer cansada carga a su hijo durante el largo recorrido, de su comunidad a los campos agricolas de Sinaloa, Culiacán.
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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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  • Maria Eugenia Herrera Mamani, alias “Claudina The Cursed”, dances during the carnival in El Alto, Bolivia, February 18, 2012.<br />
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En la ciudad de El Alto - ciudad vecina con La Paz, Bolivia- situada a una altura de 4,000 msnm, turistas y gente local hacen fila para comprar boletos para presenciar el espectáculo de las cholitas luchadoras.  Cada domingo un grupo de mujeres, las “cholitas”, se prepara para dar un espectáculo de lucha libre. Ellas portan la ropa tradicional de las mujeres Aymaras, que se ha mantenido desde la época colonial. Su atuendo consiste en faldas amplias, bombines -sombrero típico-, zapatos de plástico, trenzas hasta la cintura, joyas de gran tamaño, maquillaje y chales bordados.<br />
Yenny Wilma Maraz, conocida como “Marta La Alteña”, saluda al público con los brazos extendidos bailando al ritmo de la música, entrega su chal y su sombrero para subir al ring. Sube orgullosa aún siendo abucheada por el público. Ella es ruda y tendrá que pelear contra los buenos.<br />
La lucha libre es un espectáculo teatral, pero también requiere de un enorme esfuerzo físico y de entrenamiento constante para poder realizar vuelos desde las cuerdas del ring y soportar las caídas, que muchas veces son dolorosas.<br />
Los eventos de lucha libre son un negocio cada vez mayor. Cientos de turistas y bolivianos, asisten cada semana para ver a las cholitas vencer a sus adversarios. Las cholitas como otros luchadores pertenecen a grupos manejados por diferentes mánager, quienes en muchas ocasiones sacan ventaja, llevándose gran parte de las ganancias y dejando a ellas con casi nada. Esto ha creado divisiones, y por lo tanto, se han conformado nuevos grupos tales como Las Diosas del Ring, quienes ofrecen su espectáculo en diferentes puntos de la ciudad. La lucha libre boliviana ha ganado popularidad y ha traspasado fronteras gracias a las Cholitas luchadoras.
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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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  • Jennifer, alias “Two Faces”, flies over Yenny Wilma Maraz, alias “Marta La Alteña”, during a wrestling match. The Cholitas wear the traditional costumes of Aymara people during wrestling shows, in El Alto, Bolivia, February 19, 2012.<br />
SPANISH: Jennifer alias Dos Caras realiza un vuelo sobre Yenny Wilma Maraz, alias Marta La Alteña durante un espectaculo de lucha libre. Las Cholitas usan la vestimenta tradicional de los Aymara cuando entran al ring a luchar, en La Paz, Bolivia, el 19 de Febrero de 2012.
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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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  • Caption: Maria Eugenia Herrera Mamani alias Claudina La Maldita throws foam on the face of her opponent during a wrestling match in El Alto, Bolivia, February 26, 2012.
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  • Sarita, alias "The Romantic", dances to the rhythm of music and moves her pollera –a baggy skirt- to enter into the wrestling ring. The Cholitas wear the traditional costumes of Aymara people during wrestling shows in El Alto, Bolivia, February 26, 2012.<br />
SPANISH: Sarita alias La Romantica baila al ritmo de la música moviendo su pollera en el momento de la entrada al cuadrilátero de lucha libre. Las Cholitas usan el vestido tradicional de los Aymara para luchar en el cuadrilátero, en El Alto, Bolivia, el 26 de Febrero de 2012.
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  • Maria Eugenia Herrera Mamani, alias “Claudina the Cursed”, talks with Sarita, alias “The Romantic”, before start the wrestling’s show in a Community Center El Alto. The Cholitas wear the traditional costumes of Aymara people during wrestling shows, Bolivia, February 26, 2012. <br />
SPANISH: Maria Eugenia Herrera Mamani alias Claudina La Maldita  talks to Sarita alias La Romantica before starting the wrestling’s show in a Community Center El Alto. The Cholitas when go into the ring to wrestle wear the traditional costumes of Aymara people, El Alto, Bolivia, February 26, 2012.
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  • Caption: Patricia Kaly Tito, alias Alicia Flores, hits to her opponent with a piece of wood during wrestling match offered every Sunday. The Cholitas wear the traditional costumes of Aymara people during wrestling shows in El Alto, Bolivia, February 19, 2012.<br />
SPANISH: Patricia Kaly Tito, alias Alicia Flores golpea con un pedazo de madera a su adversario durante el espectaculo de lucha libre que ofrecen cada domingo. Las Cholitas usan el vestido tradicional de los Aymara para luchar en el cuadrilatero, en El Alto, Bolivia, el 19 de Febrero de 2012.
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  • TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - NOVEMBER 13, 2013: Supporters of Libre Party presidential candidate, Xiomara Castro, hold up flags and wait to go towards their candidate's rally in Siguatepeque, Honduras. Castro, wife of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, is running for Honduran presidential elections on November 24. CREDIT: Rodrigo Cruz for The New York Times
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  • Culiacan, Mexico: A girl bathes in an irrigation ditch in a farm field, the water contains chemicals that cause disease in workers. Spanish: Una niña toma un baño dentro de un canal de riego, el agua de los canales contienen químicos, la cual provoca enfermedades a las y los trabajadores de los campos agrícolas de Culiacán, México.
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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.
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  • 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.
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  • Maria Eugenia Mamani Herrera, alias “Claudina La Maldita”, tries to hold on the second rope of ring while falls down due a head blow during a wrestling match. Her adversary, frequently a man, is alert to resume the attack before she gets recovered, in El Alto, Bolivia February 26, 2012.<br />
SPANISH: María Eugenia Mamani Herrera, alias Claudina La Maldita trata de agarrarse de la segunda cuerda mientras cae al piso quejándose de dolor por un golpe a la cabeza que recibió de su adversario durante un encuentro de lucha libre. Su adversario, que en su mayoría son hombres, se mantiene alerta para reanudar su ataque antes de que ella se recupere.
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  • Caption: Every Sunday the audience applauds and supports its favorite wrestlers in the wrestling show in a Community Center in El Alto, El Alto, Bolivia, February 26, 2012.<br />
SPANISH: El publico aplaude y apoya a sus luchadores favoritos en el espectaculo de lucha libre que se lleva a cabo cada domingo en el Multifuncional El Alto, en El Alto, Bolivia, el 26 de Febrero de 2012.
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  • TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - NOVEMBER 14, 2013:<br />
A woman and her child go down by the stairs in Ulloa neighborhood, one of most violent of Tegucigalpa. The current government has created the Military Police to struggle against the criminality that batters Honduras. CREDIT: Rodrigo Cruz for The New York Times
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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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  • Dos niños toman un baño dentro de un canal de riego, el agua de los canales contienen químicos, la cual provoca enfermedades a las y los trabajadores de los campos agrícolas de Culiacán, México.
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  • María Eugenia Mamani Herrera alias Claudina La Maldita inside her home showing her belt of National Champion of Bolivian Association Catchascan 2012, in La Paz, Bolivia, February 26, 2012.
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  • Maria Eugenia Herrera Mamani, alias “Claudina the Cursed”, celebrates her victory by defeating her opponent and even to the referee during a wrestling match every Sunday, in El Alto, Bolivia, February 19, 2012.
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  • TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - NOVEMBER 13, 2013: At the top of a bus a woman watches the arriving of supporters of Libre Party presidential candidate, Xiomara Castro, in Siguatepeque, Honduras. Castro, wife of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, is running for Honduran presidential elections on November 24. CREDIT: Rodrigo Cruz for The New York Times
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  • Caption: Yenny Wilma Maraz, alias Martha La Altena, knocked down on the floor, complains of pain due to several blows received during a wrestling match. The Cholitas wear the traditional costumes of Aymara people during wrestling shows in El Alto, Bolivia, February 26, 2012.<br />
SPANISH: Yenny Wilma Maraz, alias Marta La Alteña derribada al piso se queja del dolor por una serie de golpes que recibio de su adversario durante su enfrentamiento de lucha libre. Las Cholitas usan el vestido tradicional de los Aymara para luchar en el cuadrilatero, en El Alto, Bolivia, el 26 de Febrero de 2012.
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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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  • Jennifer, alias “Two Faces”, helps decorating a friend office for the “Chaya”, an Andean ritual based on watering alcohol and other symbolic elements to the land or any other property, that takes place in the Carnival in La Paz City, February 17, 2012.<br />
SPANISH: Jennifer alias Dos Caras ayuda en la decoración del consultorio de una amiga para la Chaya (ritual andino que se basa en el acto de regar la tierra u otro bien con alcohol y elementos simbólicos) durante el carnaval de la ciudad de La Paz, Bolivia, el 17 de Febrero de 2012.
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  • Una niña carga una cubeta llena de pepinos en el interior de un invernadero en Culiacan, Mexico. Niños y niñas que viven en pobreza se ven obligados a trabajar largas jornadas con el fin de contribuir en la economía familiar.
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  • MUJER RECIBIENDO UN MASAJE
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  • MUJER CON LOS BRAZOS EXTENDIDOS DURANTE LA VIA FERRATA
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  • MUJER DENTRO DEL TUNEL DE LA MINA SAN ANTONIO
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  • MUJER SUBIENDO ESCALERAS EN LA MINA SAN ANTONIO
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  • MUJER SUBIENDO UNA MONTANA DURANTE LA VIA FERRATA
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  • MUJER ESCALANDO DURANTE LA VIA FERRATA
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  • MUJER ESCALANDO DURANTE LA VIA FERRATA
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  • MUJER OBSERVANDO PIEZAS DE MEXICO TENOCHTITLAN
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  • MUJER OBSERVANDO PIEZAS ARQUEOLOGICAS
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  • MUJER CRUZANDO UN PUENTE
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  • MUJER CAMINANDO EN LA CALLE
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  • MUJER EN EL INTERIOR DEL MUSEO
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  • MUJER SENALANDO
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  • MUJER AL LADO DE LA FUENTE Y JARDINERAS
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  • MUJER CRUZANDO UN PUENTE COLGANTE DURANTE LA VIA FERRATA
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  • MUJER CRUZANDO PUENTE COLGANTE DURANTE LA VIA FERRATA
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  • MUJER ESCALANDO DURANTE LA VIA FERRATA
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  • MUJER OBSERVANDO EN LA GALERIA DE ARTISTAS
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  • MUJER SONRIENDO EN EL LAGO
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  • MUJER EN LAGO CON LANCHAS
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  • MUJER SENTADA EN LA CAMA DE UNA HABITACION
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  • MUJER BAJANDO ESCALINATAS AL LADO DE LOS PRISMAS
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  • MUJER EN LA VENTANA DE HABITACION
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  • MUJER SENTADA EN LA CAMA DE UNA HABITACION
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  • MUJER CAMINANDO EN LA CALLE
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  • MUJER CAMINANDO EN LA CALLE
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  • MUJER EN SALA DEL MUSEO
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  • MUJER EN LA TIROLESA
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  • MUJER CON LOS BRAZOS EXTENDIDOS DURANTE LA VIA FERRATA
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  • MUJER CON LOS BRAZOS EXTENDIDOS DURANTE LA VIA FERRATA
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  • MUJER CAMINANDO POR UN CORREDOR
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  • MUJER EN EL KIOSKO FRENTE A IGLESIA
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  • MUJER SENTADA EN LA FUENTE
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  • MUJER CON BATA EN JACUZZI
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  • MUJER DENTRO DE LA MINA SAN ANTONIO
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  • MUJER CON LOS BRAZOS EXTENDIDOS DURANTE LA VIA FERRATA
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  • MUJER CAMINADO FRENTE A HABITACION
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  • MUJER CRUZANDO UN PUENTE
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  • MUJER SENTADA EN SILLA
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  • MUJER CAMINANDO EN LA CALLE
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  • MUJER CON LOS BRAZOS EXTENDIDOS DURANTE LA VIA FERRATA
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  • MUJER CAMINANDO EN LA CALLE
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  • Tres mujeres buscan oro en los fragmentos de roca extraídos de la mina en Rinconada.<br />
Las mujeres no pueden ingresar a la mina, los mineros creen que si una mujer ingresa a la mina, el oro desaparece.<br />
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Three women look for gold in the fragments of rock that have been extracted from the mine in Rinconada.<br />
Women are not allowed to enter into the mine, the miners have the belief that if a woman enters into the mine the gold disappears.
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  • Una mujer prepara tortillas, ella forma parte de la Cooperativa Chihuanime que significa mujeres indígenas tejedoras de sueños en Cuetzalan, Puebla.
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  • MUJER JUGANDO BILLAR CON MURAL AL FONDO
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  • Una mujer esparce pétalos de cempasúchil en una ofrenda durante la celebración de Día de Muertos, el 1 de Noviembre de 2010 en Tzintzuntzan, México.
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  • MUJER EN TIROLESA
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  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
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Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “Muxe” is a Zapotec word derived from the Spanish “mujer” or woman; it is reserved for males who, from boyhood, have felt themselves drawn to living as a woman, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
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They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
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Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
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  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
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Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “Muxe” is a Zapotec word derived from the Spanish “mujer” or woman; it is reserved for males who, from boyhood, have felt themselves drawn to living as a woman, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
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They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
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Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
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  • Una mujer vende desayunos en la calle de Rinconada.
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  • PATZCUARO, MEXICO - NOVIEMBRE 01: Una mujer decora una tumba en el panteon de Cucuchucho para la celebracion de Dia de Muertos,  el 1 de Noviembre de 2010 en Patzcuaro, Mexico.
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  • MUJER CON SOMBRILLA FRENTE AL RELOJ EN TORRE
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  • PATZCUARO, MEXICO - OCTOBER 31: Una mujer vende coronas elaboradas de papel para adornar las tumbas en el Dia de Muertos, el 31 de Octubre de 2010 en Patzcuaro, Mexico.
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  • Una mujer Tarahumara y sus hijos venden artesanías en el Valle de los Hongos en Creel, Chihuahua.
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  • MUJER SUBIENDO A LA ENTRADA
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  • Una mujer rarámuri en el atrio de la iglesia durante la Semana Santa en Norogachi, el 11 de abril de 2009.
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  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “Muxe” is a Zapotec word derived from the Spanish “mujer” or woman; it is reserved for males who, from boyhood, have felt themselves drawn to living as a woman, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_20.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “Muxe” is a Zapotec word derived from the Spanish “mujer” or woman; it is reserved for males who, from boyhood, have felt themselves drawn to living as a woman, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
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  • Retrato de una mujer en la mina de Rinconada.
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  • CLIENTE MUJER
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  • Una mujer saludando al Cristo Jesús de Nazareno en el interior de la iglesia de Huaynamota, Nayarit.
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  • Una mujer reza por cada miembro de su familia para tener salud y prosperidad. cada veladora representa un integrante de la familia, en Huaynamota, Nayarit.
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  • Muxes during the celebration of the vela Muxe. The velas are celebrations that take place in the region of the Itsmo of Tehuantepec, in the state of Oaxaca, where they eat, drink and dance.<br />
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In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
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Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “Muxe” is a Zapotec word derived from the Spanish “mujer” or woman; it is reserved for males who, from boyhood, have felt themselves drawn to living as a woman, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
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They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
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Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_01.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “Muxe” is a Zapotec word derived from the Spanish “mujer” or woman; it is reserved for males who, from boyhood, have felt themselves drawn to living as a woman, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_22.jpg
  • In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “Muxe” is a Zapotec word derived from the Spanish “mujer” or woman; it is reserved for males who, from boyhood, have felt themselves drawn to living as a woman, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_17.jpg
  • Angelo Martinez Linares, 24, and her mother Ofelia Linares Sanchéz, 49, in Juchitán, Mexico.<br />
<br />
In Juchitán in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight, the locals make room for a third category, whom they call “muxes”.<br />
<br />
Muxes are men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders. “Muxe” is a Zapotec word derived from the Spanish “mujer” or woman; it is reserved for males who, from boyhood, have felt themselves drawn to living as a woman, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.<br />
<br />
They are considered hard workers that will forever stay by their mothers side, taking care for their families operating as mothers without children of their own.<br />
<br />
Not all muxes express they identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them.
    Muxes_Rodrigo_Cruz_15.jpg
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