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Aztecas II/ Fiesta San Miguel

Posted on 8 Oct ’10 by Salted Herring

Aztecas come  from dif­fer­ent parts of the coun­try. Their head­dresses vary from sim­ple feath­ers to elab­o­rate repli­cas of ancient Aztec war­riors. Some wear bell rat­tle leg­gins, cas­ca­beles or con­chas, on their leggs. Some play a small gui­tar like instru­ment , con­cha, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Rayados

Posted on 8 Oct ’10 by Salted Herring

Raya­dos c0me from Valle de Maiz, in San Miguel de Allende. They wear cos­tumes dec­o­rated with pieces of metal. On their heads they wear hel­met like head-piece made of fur, feath­ers and mir­rors. Tweet

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Chinelos

Posted on 8 Oct ’10 by Salted Herring

chine­los are utterly opu­lent, they wear cos­tumes that mock gen­tle­men of the rul­ing class, with long vel­vety jewel-coloured tunics, tall head­pieces in the shape of inverted cones,  masks with rosy cheeks and pointy beards. Tweet

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Apaches

Posted on 8 Oct ’10 by Salted Herring

visual mem­o­ries of La Fiesta San Miguel Tweet

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Danzantes

Posted on 5 Oct ’10 by Salted Herring

drums, feath­ers, dance.…Aztecas.…Fiesta San Miguel con­tin­ues Tweet

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Aztecas / Fiesta San Miguel

Posted on 4 Oct ’10 by Salted Herring

Most of the cel­e­bra­tions hap­pen in front of La Par­ro­quia, Church of St. Michael the Archangel. Tweet

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memories from yesterday, Fiesta San Miguel

Posted on 4 Oct ’10 by Salted Herring

no words, just images.….I can still hear beat of the drums.…. Tweet

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Cappuccino grande with heels

Posted on 21 Sep ’10 by Salted Herring

Look­ing for per­fect tango shoes can be tiring…time to slow down to refresh the day with a nice cap­puc­cino. i had this great ‘super grande’ in an Ital­ian place in Quere­taro, T’s tiny espresso was a win­ner also, rea­son enough … Con­tinue read­ing →

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tango lessons/cool walking shoes

Posted on 20 Sep ’10 by Salted Herring

T and I are tak­ing Argen­tin­ian style tango lessons. For eons I have been walk­ing in sneak­ers, now then, I should grad­u­ate to 9–10 cm tango heels…will it be pos­si­ble? Tweet

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Drumrolls and clapping shoes

Posted on 24 Jul ’10 by Salted Herring

Not all the walks are quiet! Tweet

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cherished memories II

Posted on 10 Jun ’10 by Salted Herring

butoh per­form­ers at cer­van­tino fes­ti­val 2009 Tweet

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Diptych fun

Posted on 14 May ’10 by Salted Herring

As I’m cat­a­loging pho­tographs to be posted on my new Mun­dane Wan­der­ings web­site, I con­stantly get side­tracked to hav­ing play­time with Pho­to­Shop…sorry, now you know why I’m pro­gress­ing so slowly. Tweet

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