REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO - Tags: SOCIETY) Men dressed as traditional Zapotecs, also known as 'Muxes', dance during a traditional party in Mexico City, June 29, 2013. The muxes, mostly of ethnic Zapotec descent, are widely respected in southern Mexico. Anthropologists say the tradition of blurring genders among Mexico's indigenous population is centuries old but has been revived in recent decades due to the gay pride movement. Men dressed as traditional Zapotecs, also known as 'Muxes', dance during a traditional party in Mexico City, June 29, 2013.REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO - Tags: SOCIETY) REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO - Tags: SOCIETY) Men dressed as traditional Zapotec, also known as 'Muxes', dance during a traditional party in Mexico City, June 29, 2013. Men dressed as traditional Zapotec, also known as 'Muxes', dance during a traditional party in Mexico City, June 29, 2013.They are accompanied by musicians and Morris-dancers. They are usually accompanied by an old woman, a boy or a humorous countryman to represent a fool who carries a box to collect money from the spectators. On the first day of the new agricultural year, thirty or forty men, stripped to their clean white shirts, decorated with gay-coloured ribbons tied in large knots and bows, drag along a plough. The old English festival, Plough Monday was the first Monday after 6th January and was the day on which things would return to normal after the Twelve Days of Christmas as people returned to work.
The old English festival, Plough Monday was the first Monday after 6th January and was the day on which things would return to normal after the Twelve Days of Christmas as people returned to work.