The Concheros are groups of indigenous people (they have to document their heritage to belong to the group) who are preserving the dances as performed by the Aztec. When the Catholics came they incorporated these dances into certain feast days to try to convert the native people. Now there is a movement among the dancers to remove the European influences and get back to the purest form of the dance. It is not considered a "performance" but rather is an ancient ritual to honor a culture and the ancestors of the native people. These are just regular office worker type folks who really seem to relish this experience as a way to get in touch with their spiritual roots. Their pride was evident. They make their own costumes from feathers, skins, skulls, bones and textiles, the more natural the better. This guy's headress was awesome.
Close up of headress shows a parrot with an arrow through its eyes, then a leopard head then a vulture head(I think?)
I am thinking this is maybe the spine of an alligator below
Everybody had there shell rattles on their ankles.
These headdresses had bird heads.
Parrot head
Toucan head
Alligator skull?
There were also donkeys wearing sombreros
And some giant paper mâché puppets, mariachis, and just general mayhem, fireworks and church bells.
What else could we do but go for some " two for one" tequila shots with sangrita and lime?
We also had one of my favorites today which is posole (pork stew with hominy). The food continues to amaze us!
Well, here are a few of my fav pics from today. It was simply awesome !
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