Abstract

ARROYO SOLANO, María Teresa. “The marotas” dance: The patron saint festival in Amecameca, State of Mexico, as a space of insertion of trans women. LiminaR [online]. 2023, vol.21, n.1, e1022.  Epub Sep 14, 2023. ISSN 2007-8900.  https://doi.org/10.29043/liminar.v21i1.1022.

This article aims to explore in two ways a bit of the “Las marotas” dance in the communities of Santa Isabel Chalma and Santiago Cuauhtenco (in the State of Mexico). First, the dynamics of the dance in which permitted transvestism occurs are described; and second, the participation of trans women in the mentioned dance and the violence that it entails (through physical, verbal, and sexual aggression) are display. We used direct participant observation in the community during the festivities from 2010 to 2012, as well as an interview that allowed us to describe and interpret what was obtained.

Keywords : Dance; transvestism allowed; rural communities; patron saint festival.

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