The Cora Easter Week / Semana Santa in Santa Teresa Nayar , Nayarit Mexico April 2006- The Sierra Nayar, Panoramic views,The town of Santa Teresa, body painting, battle royal,disasemble alter, Good Friday Bob Freund 1/24/2007
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original body paint and dress
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Outside the different centurions march off with large groups of men to participate in a mock battle. We marched out the south side of the village and arrived in an open field. This is things began to unravel. Suddenly there was a joker who did not respect the protection the outsiders had and would sneak up behind us and pretend to try and have sex with us. Meanwhile spies roamed outside the circle of combatants. Eventually one of the was caught and “beat up” and sent back with a message in his mouth in the form of a folded leaf. He was escorted out of the “camp”
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young boys also fight
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spy after capture
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spy after capture
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Confrontation
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jester is knocked down