As I previously explained, Noche de Rabanos isn’t just about radishes. One of the other categories of entries is Totomoxtle Decorado. And the winner was Moisés Ruíz Sosa, with his dyed cornhusk depiction of Día de Muertos on the Costa Chica of Oaxaca.
Descendants of slaves, the Afromexicano population of Oaxaca is located in 16 municipalities, with 11 of these municipalities located in the Costa Chica, Oaxaca’s far western coastal region, bordering the state of Guerrero.
During Day of the Dead, the Danza de los Diablos (Dance of the Devils) is performed in these communities.
Dancers wear devil masks, and are led by a colonial ranch foreman with a whip, who “struts around, while his buxom ‘white’ wife – played by a black man – flirts outrageously with the ‘devils’ and even the audience.” [The black people ‘erased from history’]
To see the Noche de Rabanos 2013 entry by Moisés Ruíz Sosa, click HERE.
By the way, the “Elaborando Artesanía, Plasmando Sueños: ‘Teotitlán del Valle, Tierra de Dioses’” by Raymundo Sánchez Monserrat Maricela, which I wrote about in Noche de Rabanos, pt. 1, took first prize in the Flor Inmortal Adulto category!
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Great photos!
Mil gracias, Barbara. ¡Feliz Año Nuevo!
absolutely amazing
Thank you, Bev! Hasta pronto.
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