San Miguel de Allende, Mexico / March 2013

What can be said about the color and spectacle of the Aztec Dancers? They come and dance for upwards of 48 hours and get all wired up into a trance because of the dancing tempo, drums and heat. The outfits are truly amazing and decorative, using all sorts of animal body parts, but it’s the feathers that steal the show.

The whole time they are dancing, the feathers are constantly moving, thereby creating a quivering wave of motion throughout the Jardin (town square). This was taken upon my second visit to San Miguel. I was determined to imbed myself with them, to get immersed in the energy and intensity of the dancers. I’ll add some more another time.