Oaxaca-The Year After: Who is that masked man?

The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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Friday, October 10, 2014

Who is that masked man?

The subalternos, Jorge Jimenez Mendoza and Pedro Hernandez Lazo, are very important players in the whole danza de la pluma in Teotitlan del Valle. One of them takes care of the needs of Monctezuma, Malinche and Doña Marina and the other takes care of all the other dancers.

Water, injuries, broken sandals, anything and everything, they take care of it. They also control the flow of the whole dance. It is very subtle, but they are each quite powerful in reading the scene and making adjustments.