With dances and whippings, Mexicans re-enact indigenous rebellion against Spanish conquest


Tonalá (Mexico) (AFP) – Mexicans re-enact the resistance of indigenous people against the Spanish Conquest with dances and whippings, during the festival of Santo Domingo in Tonala, Jalisco, western Mexico. In the re-enactment, inhabitants dressed in white shirts and trousers with brown waistcoats represent the Spaniards who whipped the Indians dressed in masks and long hair of different colours.

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