anyway, yesterday's hosts: mexicans.
i shot some photos last year, and wasn't sure if there was a need to take more this time. (if you've shot the crazy, color-mob scene once, do you need to document it again?)
but even though the energy level was the same (high, loud) the participants that i mingled with this time wore costumes that evoked different aspects of mexican culture that i'd been unaware of (i had to do a little research afterwards to make sense of some of what i saw). there were a few charros (cowboys, rodeo showmen) including riders from the federation of black cowboys , lucha libre costumes, chinelo dancers (their faces hidden by the traditional masks--and there were so many different kinds, reflecting the evolution of the dance from pre-hispanic times through the 19th century--with even the youngest dancers bearing the weight of headdresses and black suiting and beaded capes) and a posse of payasos (clowns--i had no idea that it's long been a common form of street entertainment in mexico. not sure how i'd feel about clowns coming up to me in the street or in my car offering "a laugh for a peso," but they were pretty fun to hang around with for a little while in the afternoon).
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