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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
  • 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.
    Ritual_Agricola_Pelea_Tigres_Mexico_...jpg
  • 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
  • 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.
    Ritual_Agricola_Pelea_Tigres_Mexico_...jpg
  • A table dance manager performs a ritual with fire to attract lucky and money for his business during working hours in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 31, 2011.
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  • A dancer walks above some symbols used in a ritual to attract lucky and money during working hours at a lap-dancing club in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 31, 2011.
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  • Inhabitants of indigenous communities gather in the highest mountains and in springs to celebrate rain request rituals.
    Ritual_Agricola_Pelea_Tigres_Mexico_...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
  • Ritual_Agricola_Pelea_Tigres_Mexico_...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
  • 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.
    Ritual_Agricola_Pelea_Tigres_Mexico_...jpg
  • La población de San Nicolás de los Ranchos participa en el carnaval en dos bandos, “los máscaras” y los xinacates, éstos, también llamados judíos o pintados, vagan por las calles de San Nicolás en grupos desde cinco hasta una veintena de integrantes. Ocultos tras una máscara, usualmente de luchador, los xinacates recorren su comunidad asustando a paseantes y turistas que los fotografían gustosos sin importar el constante riesgo de manchar sus ropas.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_23.jpg
  • Un grupo de jóvenes con máscaras y pintados del cuerpo con aceite vegetal y pigmento corren por las calles durante el carnaval de San Nicolás de los Ranchos.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_11.jpg
  • La población de San Nicolás de los Ranchos participa en el carnaval en dos bandos, “los máscaras” y los xinacates, éstos, también llamados judíos o pintados, vagan por las calles de San Nicolás en grupos desde cinco hasta una veintena de integrantes. Ocultos tras una máscara, usualmente de luchador, los xinacates recorren su comunidad asustando a paseantes y turistas que los fotografían gustosos sin importar el constante riesgo de manchar sus ropas.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_03.jpg
  • La población de San Nicolás de los Ranchos participa en el carnaval en dos bandos, “los máscaras” y los xinacates, éstos, también llamados judíos o pintados, vagan por las calles de San Nicolás en grupos desde cinco hasta una veintena de integrantes. Ocultos tras una máscara, usualmente de luchador, los xinacates recorren su comunidad asustando a paseantes y turistas que los fotografían gustosos sin importar el constante riesgo de manchar sus ropas.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_22.jpg
  • La población de San Nicolás de los Ranchos participa en el carnaval en dos bandos, “los máscaras” y los xinacates, éstos, también llamados judíos o pintados, vagan por las calles de San Nicolás en grupos desde cinco hasta una veintena de integrantes. Ocultos tras una máscara, usualmente de luchador, los xinacates recorren su comunidad asustando a paseantes y turistas que los fotografían gustosos sin importar el constante riesgo de manchar sus ropas.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_20.jpg
  • La población de San Nicolás de los Ranchos participa en el carnaval en dos bandos, “los máscaras” y los xinacates, éstos, también llamados judíos o pintados, vagan por las calles de San Nicolás en grupos desde cinco hasta una veintena de integrantes. Ocultos tras una máscara, usualmente de luchador, los xinacates recorren su comunidad asustando a paseantes y turistas que los fotografían gustosos sin importar el constante riesgo de manchar sus ropas.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_07.jpg
  • Un joven cuida a su bebé antes de pintarse el cuerpo y participar en el carnaval de San Nicolás de los Ranchos.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_05.jpg
  • La población de San Nicolás de los Ranchos participa en el carnaval en dos bandos, “los máscaras” y los xinacates, éstos, también llamados judíos o pintados, vagan por las calles de San Nicolás en grupos desde cinco hasta una veintena de integrantes. Ocultos tras una máscara, usualmente de luchador, los xinacates recorren su comunidad asustando a paseantes y turistas que los fotografían gustosos sin importar el constante riesgo de manchar sus ropas.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_04.jpg
  • Un joven pinta su cuerpo y rostro con aceite vegetal y pigmento plateado en polvo para salir a bailar a las calles de San Nicolás de los Ranchos durante el carnaval.<br />
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Los "Pintados" también llamados “Xinacates”, salen a bailar en las calles de San Nicolás de los Ranchos, en las faldas del volcán Popocatépetl en México, pintados del cuerpo con aceite vegetal y pigmentos y usando máscaras, látigos o grilletes, para así rendir culto a los volcanes y tener abundantes cosechas. Los Pintados, ocultos tras la máscara, asustan a las personas con pintar su cuerpo o ropa si no reciben a cambio dulces, refrescos, cerveza o dinero.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_01.jpg
  • Young pintados use cigarretes and alcohol in the Carnival. SPANISH: Tabaco y alcohol son elementos habituales para los jóvenes que participan en el carnaval.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_19.jpg
  • Un grupo de Xinacates con máscaras y el cuerpo pintado intentan manchar la ropa de un grupo de mujeres si no les dan dinero, que ellos ocuparán para su baño al final del día del Carnaval en San Nicolás de los Ranchos.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_15.jpg
  • La población de San Nicolás de los Ranchos participa en el carnaval en dos bandos, “los máscaras” y los xinacates, éstos, también llamados judíos o pintados, vagan por las calles de San Nicolás en grupos desde cinco hasta una veintena de integrantes. Ocultos tras una máscara, usualmente de luchador, los xinacates recorren su comunidad asustando a paseantes y turistas que los fotografían gustosos sin importar el constante riesgo de manchar sus ropas.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_13.jpg
  • Un grupo de jóvenes y niñas esperan a que aparezcan los Xinacates enmascarados y pintados del cuerpo con aceite vegetal y pigmento durante el carnaval de san Nicolás de los Ranchos.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_09.jpg
  • A Xinacate sticks out his hand from a sauna while taking a shower to take off the paint. SPANISH: Un xinacates asoma su mano desde el interior del baño a vapor donde quietan la pintura de su cuerpo.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_24.jpg
  • La población de San Nicolás de los Ranchos participa en el carnaval en dos bandos, “los máscaras” y los xinacates, éstos, también llamados judíos o pintados, vagan por las calles de San Nicolás en grupos desde cinco hasta una veintena de integrantes. Ocultos tras una máscara, usualmente de luchador, los xinacates recorren su comunidad asustando a paseantes y turistas que los fotografían gustosos sin importar el constante riesgo de manchar sus ropas.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_18.jpg
  • Una joven a quien mancharon de color en su cuerpo y ropa durante los encuentros con los Pintados que salen a las calles a bailar durante el carnaval de San Nicolás de los Ranchos.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_17.jpg
  • Una niña pinta de color negro las mejillas de un Xinacate durante el carnaval de San Nicolás de los Ranchos.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_16.jpg
  • La población de San Nicolás de los Ranchos participa en el carnaval en dos bandos, “los máscaras” y los xinacates, éstos, también llamados judíos o pintados, vagan por las calles de San Nicolás en grupos desde cinco hasta una veintena de integrantes. Ocultos tras una máscara, usualmente de luchador, los xinacates recorren su comunidad asustando a paseantes y turistas que los fotografían gustosos sin importar el constante riesgo de manchar sus ropas.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_14.jpg
  • Dos Xinacates enmascarados y pintados con aceite vegetal y pigmento negro acorralan a tres mujeres para pedirles algunas monedas a cambio de no mancharles la ropa o la cara durante el carnaval de San Nicolás de los Ranchos.
    Carnaval_Xinacates_Puebla_RC_12.jpg
  • Un hombre se coloca una máscara de tigre y se dirigirse al lugar donde se enfrentará a otros tigres durante el ritual de petición de lluvias.
    Peticion_Lluvias_Guerrero_Rodrigo_Cr...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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
    Cholitas_Female_Wrestlers_Bolivia_03.jpg
  • Men go up to the sacred mountain Sinaqara to worship to all the mountains or Apus, during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit’i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru. By the climate change the glacier is retiring, now in the place of the ritual there isn't snow, for them, snow is sacred and an important part of the celebration.
    Nieve_Brillante_Rodrigo_Cruz_02.jpg
  • Pilgrims and dancers prepare to perform a ritual at sunrise to receive the first rays of the sun during the festivity that worships the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
    Qoyllur_Riti_RC_20.jpg
  • Marciano de la Cruz, 36, (right) during the ritual to consume peyote.
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  • Un grupo de tigres se dirige al lugar donde se enfrentarán en peleas durante el ritual de petición de lluvias.
    Peticion_Lluvias_Guerrero_Rodrigo_Cr...jpg
  • Men with flags and traditional wool clothing from Paucartambo village go up to the sacred mountain Sinaqara to worship to all the mountains or Apus, during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit’i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru. By the climate change the glacier is retiring, now in the place of the ritual there isn't snow, for them, snow is sacred and an important part of the celebration.
    Qoyllur_Riti_RC_18.jpg
  • Luis Tomas Marthen Torres, a warlock, performs a ritual of protection to Julisa del Carmen in the town of Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico, Oct. 19, 2011. In the midst of a violent streak in the state of Veracruz, witchery protection against extortion and help locating kidnapped kin have become the leading demands from clients, practitioners say. (Rodrigo Cruz/The New York Times)
    Catemaco_Tierra_de_Brujos_25.jpg
  • A man waits for the day to come as they celebrate Holy Week in Copper Canyon in Mexico. SPANISH: Un indígena rarámuri observa la ceremonia ritual donde se decora el cuerpo de los pascolas, danzantes elegidos para cumplir con la tarea de "acabar con el mal" durante la Semana Santa en Norogachi, México, el 10 de abril de 2009.
    Semana_Santa_Raramuri_RC_19.jpg
  • RESTOS HUMANOS Y FRAGMENTOS DE OBJETOS RITUALES
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  • Un grupo de jóvenes con su reata amarrada al cuerpo, sus toallas en la cabeza y sus máscaras se preparan para participar en la pelea de tigres contra adversarios de un pueblo vecino.
    Peticion_Lluvias_Guerrero_Rodrigo_Cr...jpg
  • En algunos pueblos de Guerrero se realizan ceremonias de petición de lluvias donde las danzas y la música tiene un lugar importante.
    Peticion_Lluvias_Guerrero_Rodrigo_Cr...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
  • 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
  • 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 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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