Uploads from Jan Sochor Photography, tagged costume

Flower & Palm Festival (Panchimalco, El Salvador)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:10:02 -0700

Salvadoran girls carry an altar with a statue of Virgin Mary during the procession of the Flower & Palm Festival in Panchimalco, El Salvador, 8 May 2011. On the first Sunday of May, the small town of Panchimalco, lying close to San Salvador, celebrates its two patron saints with a spectacular festivity, known as “Fiesta de las Flores y Palmas”. The origin of this event comes from pre-Columbian Maya culture and used to commemorate the start of the rainy season. Women strip the palm branches and skewer flower blooms on them to create large colorful decoration. In the afternoon procession, lead by a male dance group performing a religious dance-drama inspired by the Spanish Reconquest, large altars adorned with flowers are slowly carried by women, dressed in typical costumes, through the steep streets of the town. © Jan Sochor Photography

Flower & Palm Festival (Panchimalco, El Salvador)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:07:04 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

Members of a dance group “Los Historiantes”, dressed as Moors and Christians, dance during the Flower & Palm Festival in Panchimalco, El Salvador, 8 May 2011. On the first Sunday of May, the small town of Panchimalco, lying close to San Salvador, celebrates its two patron saints with a spectacular festivity, known as “Fiesta de las Flores y Palmas”. The origin of this event comes from pre-Columbian Maya culture and used to commemorate the start of the rainy season. Women strip the palm branches and skewer flower blooms on them to create large colorful decoration. In the afternoon procession, lead by a male dance group performing a religious dance-drama inspired by the Spanish Reconquest, large altars adorned with flowers are slowly carried by women, dressed in typical costumes, through the steep streets of the town. © Jan Sochor Photography

Flower & Palm Festival (Panchimalco, El Salvador)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:07:03 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

A carved wooden monkey seen on the helmet of the “Los Historiantes” dance group member during the Flower & Palm Festival in Panchimalco, El Salvador, 8 May 2011. On the first Sunday of May, the small town of Panchimalco, lying close to San Salvador, celebrates its two patron saints with a spectacular festivity, known as “Fiesta de las Flores y Palmas”. The origin of this event comes from pre-Columbian Maya culture and used to commemorate the start of the rainy season. Women strip the palm branches and skewer flower blooms on them to create large colorful decoration. In the afternoon procession, lead by a male dance group performing a religious dance-drama inspired by the Spanish Reconquest, large altars adorned with flowers are slowly carried by women, dressed in typical costumes, through the steep streets of the town. © Jan Sochor Photography

Flower & Palm Festival (Panchimalco, El Salvador)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:09:15 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

A member of a dance group “Los Historiantes” performs the Dance of the Moors and Christians during the Flower & Palm Festival in Panchimalco, El Salvador, 8 May 2011. On the first Sunday of May, the small town of Panchimalco, lying close to San Salvador, celebrates its two patron saints with a spectacular festivity, known as “Fiesta de las Flores y Palmas”. The origin of this event comes from pre-Columbian Maya culture and used to commemorate the start of the rainy season. Women strip the palm branches and skewer flower blooms on them to create large colorful decoration. In the afternoon procession, lead by a male dance group performing a religious dance-drama inspired by the Spanish Reconquest, large altars adorned with flowers are slowly carried by women, dressed in typical costumes, through the steep streets of the town. © Jan Sochor Photography

Flower & Palm Festival (Panchimalco, El Salvador)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:07:04 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

A Salvadoran boy, member of a dance group “Los Historiantes”, poses for a picture during the Flower & Palm Festival in Panchimalco, El Salvador, 8 May 2011. On the first Sunday of May, the small town of Panchimalco, lying close to San Salvador, celebrates its two patron saints with a spectacular festivity, known as “Fiesta de las Flores y Palmas”. The origin of this event comes from pre-Columbian Maya culture and used to commemorate the start of the rainy season. Women strip the palm branches and skewer flower blooms on them to create large colorful decoration. In the afternoon procession, lead by a male dance group performing a religious dance-drama inspired by the Spanish Reconquest, large altars adorned with flowers are slowly carried by women, dressed in typical costumes, through the steep streets of the town. © Jan Sochor Photography

Flower & Palm Festival (Panchimalco, El Salvador)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:07:04 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

A Salvadoran girl carries a palm branch with white flower blooms during the procession of the Flower & Palm Festival in Panchimalco, El Salvador, 8 May 2011. On the first Sunday of May, the small town of Panchimalco, lying close to San Salvador, celebrates its two patron saints with a spectacular festivity, known as “Fiesta de las Flores y Palmas”. The origin of this event comes from pre-Columbian Maya culture and used to commemorate the start of the rainy season. Women strip the palm branches and skewer flower blooms on them to create large colorful decoration. In the afternoon procession, lead by a male dance group performing a religious dance-drama inspired by the Spanish Reconquest, large altars adorned with flowers are slowly carried by women, dressed in typical costumes, through the steep streets of the town. © Jan Sochor Photography

Flower & Palm Festival (Panchimalco, El Salvador)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:09:12 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

Members of a dance group “Los Historiantes” perform the Dance of the Moors and Christians during the Flower & Palm Festival in Panchimalco, El Salvador, 8 May 2011. On the first Sunday of May, the small town of Panchimalco, lying close to San Salvador, celebrates its two patron saints with a spectacular festivity, known as “Fiesta de las Flores y Palmas”. The origin of this event comes from pre-Columbian Maya culture and used to commemorate the start of the rainy season. Women strip the palm branches and skewer flower blooms on them to create large colorful decoration. In the afternoon procession, lead by a male dance group performing a religious dance-drama inspired by the Spanish Reconquest, large altars adorned with flowers are slowly carried by women, dressed in typical costumes, through the steep streets of the town. © Jan Sochor Photography

Flower & Palm Festival (Panchimalco, El Salvador)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:09:13 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

A Salvadoran woman carries a palm branch with colorful flower blooms during the procession of the Flower & Palm Festival in Panchimalco, El Salvador, 8 May 2011. On the first Sunday of May, the small town of Panchimalco, lying close to San Salvador, celebrates its two patron saints with a spectacular festivity, known as “Fiesta de las Flores y Palmas”. The origin of this event comes from pre-Columbian Maya culture and used to commemorate the start of the rainy season. Women strip the palm branches and skewer flower blooms on them to create large colorful decoration. In the afternoon procession, lead by a male dance group performing a religious dance-drama inspired by the Spanish Reconquest, large altars adorned with flowers are slowly carried by women, dressed in typical costumes, through the steep streets of the town. © Jan Sochor Photography

Semana Santa Cora (Nayarit,Mexico)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:22:31 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

Cora Indians, wearing scary demon masks, walk in a procession during the sacred ritual ceremony of Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico. The annual week-long Easter festivity (called “La Judea”), performed in the rugged mountain country of Sierra del Nayar, merges indigenous tradition (regeneration of life worshipping) and animistic beliefs with the Christian dogma. Each year, the Cora villages are taken over by hundreds of wildly running men. Painted all over their semi-naked bodies, fighting ritual battles with wooden swords and dancing crazily, they perform demons (the evil) that metaphorically chase Jesus Christ, kill him, but finally fail due to his resurrection. La Judea, the Holy Week sacred spectacle, represents the most truthful expression of the Coras' culture, religiosity and identity. © Jan Sochor Photography

Semana Santa Cora (Nayarit,Mexico)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:22:33 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

Cora Indians, wearing masks and being painted all over, prepare themselves for the religious ritual ceremony of Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico. The annual week-long Easter festivity (called “La Judea”), performed in the rugged mountain country of Sierra del Nayar, merges indigenous tradition (regeneration of life worshipping) and animistic beliefs with the Christian dogma. Each year, the Cora villages are taken over by hundreds of wildly running men. Painted all over their semi-naked bodies, fighting ritual battles with wooden swords and dancing crazily, they perform demons (the evil) that metaphorically chase Jesus Christ, kill him, but finally fail due to his resurrection. La Judea, the Holy Week sacred spectacle, represents the most truthful expression of the Coras' culture, religiosity and identity. © Jan Sochor Photography

Semana Santa Cora (Nayarit,Mexico)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:22:31 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

Cora Indian boy, wearing a paper crown, dances during the sacred ritual celebration of Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico. The annual week-long Easter festivity (called “La Judea”), performed in the rugged mountain country of Sierra del Nayar, merges indigenous tradition (regeneration of life worshipping) and animistic beliefs with the Christian dogma. Each year, the Cora villages are taken over by hundreds of wildly running men. Painted all over their semi-naked bodies, fighting ritual battles with wooden swords and dancing crazily, they perform demons (the evil) that metaphorically chase Jesus Christ, kill him, but finally fail due to his resurrection. La Judea, the Holy Week sacred spectacle, represents the most truthful expression of the Coras' culture, religiosity and identity. © Jan Sochor Photography

Semana Santa Cora (Nayarit,Mexico)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:22:32 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

Cora Indian man, wearing a demon mask, runs during the religious ritual celebration of Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico. The annual week-long Easter festivity (called “La Judea”), performed in the rugged mountain country of Sierra del Nayar, merges indigenous tradition (regeneration of life worshipping) and animistic beliefs with the Christian dogma. Each year, the Cora villages are taken over by hundreds of wildly running men. Painted all over their semi-naked bodies, fighting ritual battles with wooden swords and dancing crazily, they perform demons (the evil) that metaphorically chase Jesus Christ, kill him, but finally fail due to his resurrection. La Judea, the Holy Week sacred spectacle, represents the most truthful expression of the Coras' culture, religiosity and identity. © Jan Sochor Photography

Semana Santa Cora (Nayarit,Mexico)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:22:31 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

Cora Indian man, wearing a demon mask, runs during the religious ritual ceremony of Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico. The annual week-long Easter festivity (called “La Judea”), performed in the rugged mountain country of Sierra del Nayar, merges indigenous tradition (regeneration of life worshipping) and animistic beliefs with the Christian dogma. Each year, the Cora villages are taken over by hundreds of wildly running men. Painted all over their semi-naked bodies, fighting ritual battles with wooden swords and dancing crazily, they perform demons (the evil) that metaphorically chase Jesus Christ, kill him, but finally fail due to his resurrection. La Judea, the Holy Week sacred spectacle, represents the most truthful expression of the Coras' culture, religiosity and identity. © Jan Sochor Photography

Semana Santa Cora (Nayarit,Mexico)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:14:57 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

Cora Indian boy, wearing a colorful mask, takes a part in the sacred ritual celebration of Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico. The annual week-long Easter festivity (called “La Judea”), performed in the rugged mountain country of Sierra del Nayar, merges indigenous tradition (regeneration of life worshipping) and animistic beliefs with the Christian dogma. Each year, the Cora villages are taken over by hundreds of wildly running men. Painted all over their semi-naked bodies, fighting ritual battles with wooden swords and dancing crazily, they perform demons (the evil) that metaphorically chase Jesus Christ, kill him, but finally fail due to his resurrection. La Judea, the Holy Week sacred spectacle, represents the most truthful expression of the Coras' culture, religiosity and identity. © Jan Sochor Photography

Semana Santa Cora (Nayarit,Mexico)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:14:56 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

Cora Indians, wearing colorful demon masks, walk in a procession during the religious ritual ceremony of Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico. The annual week-long Easter festivity (called “La Judea”), performed in the rugged mountain country of Sierra del Nayar, merges indigenous tradition (regeneration of life worshipping) and animistic beliefs with the Christian dogma. Each year, the Cora villages are taken over by hundreds of wildly running men. Painted all over their semi-naked bodies, fighting ritual battles with wooden swords and dancing crazily, they perform demons (the evil) that metaphorically chase Jesus Christ, kill him, but finally fail due to his resurrection. La Judea, the Holy Week sacred spectacle, represents the most truthful expression of the Coras' culture, religiosity and identity. © Jan Sochor Photography

Semana Santa Cora (Nayarit,Mexico)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:18:53 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

Cora Indian boys, painting their bodies and masks, prepare themselves for the sacred ritual celebration of Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico. The annual week-long Easter festivity (called “La Judea”), performed in the rugged mountain country of Sierra del Nayar, merges indigenous tradition (regeneration of life worshipping) and animistic beliefs with the Christian dogma. Each year, the Cora villages are taken over by hundreds of wildly running men. Painted all over their semi-naked bodies, fighting ritual battles with wooden swords and dancing crazily, they perform demons (the evil) that metaphorically chase Jesus Christ, kill him, but finally fail due to his resurrection. La Judea, the Holy Week sacred spectacle, represents the most truthful expression of the Coras' culture, religiosity and identity. © Jan Sochor Photography

Semana Santa Cora (Nayarit,Mexico)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:18:53 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

Cora Indians, wearing masks and feathers, perform love-making dance during the sacred ritual celebration of Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico. The annual week-long Easter festivity (called “La Judea”), performed in the rugged mountain country of Sierra del Nayar, merges indigenous tradition (regeneration of life worshipping) and animistic beliefs with the Christian dogma. Each year, the Cora villages are taken over by hundreds of wildly running men. Painted all over their semi-naked bodies, fighting ritual battles with wooden swords and dancing crazily, they perform demons (the evil) that metaphorically chase Jesus Christ, kill him, but finally fail due to his resurrection. La Judea, the Holy Week sacred spectacle, represents the most truthful expression of the Coras' culture, religiosity and identity. © Jan Sochor Photography

Semana Santa Cora (Nayarit,Mexico)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:14:55 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

Cora Indian man dismantles “ramada”, a temporal shack made from branches, at the end of the Semana Santa (Holy Week) ceremony in Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico. The annual week-long Easter festivity (called “La Judea”), performed in the rugged mountain country of Sierra del Nayar, merges indigenous tradition (regeneration of life worshipping) and animistic beliefs with the Christian dogma. Each year, the Cora villages are taken over by hundreds of wildly running men. Painted all over their semi-naked bodies, fighting ritual battles with wooden swords and dancing crazily, they perform demons (the evil) that metaphorically chase Jesus Christ, kill him, but finally fail due to his resurrection. La Judea, the Holy Week sacred spectacle, represents the most truthful expression of the Coras' culture, religiosity and identity. © Jan Sochor Photography

Semana Santa Cora (Nayarit,Mexico)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:18:52 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

Cora Indians, painted all over in red color, prepare themselves for the sacred ritual celebration of Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico. The annual week-long Easter festivity (called “La Judea”), performed in the rugged mountain country of Sierra del Nayar, merges indigenous tradition (regeneration of life worshipping) and animistic beliefs with the Christian dogma. Each year, the Cora villages are taken over by hundreds of wildly running men. Painted all over their semi-naked bodies, fighting ritual battles with wooden swords and dancing crazily, they perform demons (the evil) that metaphorically chase Jesus Christ, kill him, but finally fail due to his resurrection. La Judea, the Holy Week sacred spectacle, represents the most truthful expression of the Coras' culture, religiosity and identity. © Jan Sochor Photography

Semana Santa Cora (Nayarit,Mexico)

nobody@flickr.com (Jan Sochor Photography) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:14:55 -0700

Jan Sochor Photography posted a photo:

Cora Indian man, wearing a scary colorful demon mask, walks in a procession during the sacred ritual ceremony of Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico. The annual week-long Easter festivity (called “La Judea”), performed in the rugged mountain country of Sierra del Nayar, merges indigenous tradition (regeneration of life worshipping) and animistic beliefs with the Christian dogma. Each year, the Cora villages are taken over by hundreds of wildly running men. Painted all over their semi-naked bodies, fighting ritual battles with wooden swords and dancing crazily, they perform demons (the evil) that metaphorically chase Jesus Christ, kill him, but finally fail due to his resurrection. La Judea, the Holy Week sacred spectacle, represents the most truthful expression of the Coras' culture, religiosity and identity. © Jan Sochor Photography