Shed Some Clothes In The Name Of Agrarian Reform
Oct 31st, 2008 by Citizen192
Protests in Mexico City are plentiful. On any given day, hoards of political organizations, non-profits, rancheros, or any equivalent to the disenfranchised will take to the streets booming boastful serenades promoting their cause.
I stumbled upon “Los Encuerados” today: a group comprised of representatives from 400 pueblos in and around Veracruz who are discontent with agrarian reform and are asking for cooperation from the government and citizens of Mexico City. Their cause is hardly novel, but their approach is.
Hundreds of naked men and women — some men wearing only underpants and women completely bare — chanted and danced on Paseo De La Reforma. Some men wore ghoulish masks, while others two-stepped in their loin-cloths and boots. Some men hung from crucifixes clinging to light posts and street signs, their bodies converted into billboards for protest.
I really thought my Halloween would be spent capturing princesses, witches and chapulins clung to their smiling parents.
Photos can also be seen here.