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Monos
de Calenda
Oaxaca,Mexico |
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Monos
de Calenda
Oaxaca,Mexico |
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The calendas (religious processions) leave from their respective
churches on holidays and march to the Zócalo, or main plaza, accompanied
by a syncopated brass band made up of parishioners. Children participate
in the calendas, marching and singing songs or on floats depicting religious
scenes, most often the Nativity. Monos (puppets) are clothed bamboo frames
with paper maché heads and appear in all sizes and shapes. Carried
on the shoulders of teenagers, these large figures dance and twirl to the
brass band as the calenda marches around the plaza.
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