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.
Plus, they work the crowd with crazy antics, often making for huge laughs. And they keep track of invading gringos.
Break time with an admirer.
There is real love there behind those masks.
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