Vera
3/11/2018 01:51:56 pm
Why is the background of the black overcoats / ponchos that the men are wearing in the church photo? What was the occasion?
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Vera
3/11/2018 01:54:42 pm
What* not why...
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Greg
3/11/2018 11:39:33 pm
It's a town festival day (they have a lot of festivals) celebrating one of the Saints. But they wear versions of this dress most of the time. Their religion is a bizarre syncretic blend of indigenous Mayan and Catholicism. They rejected Catholicism (literally killed the priests) but retained a lot of the iconography and infused it with their own meaning. Leave a Reply. |
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