Carnivals of Iztapalapa
carnival iztapalapa various carnival celebration mexico city borough iztapalapa remain carnival celebration brought mexico city spanish subsequently suppressed inquisition authority individual celebration various community close carnival community come together event draw people tradition carnival brought mexico spanish including mexico city however mexican inquisition banned tradition associated mexico city forcing celebration outside historic center rural area valley mexico including borough iztapalapa however repressed around went underground independence mexico since reappeared various community iztapalapa carnival celebrated various community borough especially oldest one include pueblo culhuacán santa cruz meyehualco santa maría aztahuacán santa martha acatitla san lorenzo tezonco san sebastián tecoloxtitlán santiago acahualtepec santa maría tomatlán historic center iztapalapa basic structure carnival celebration group dancer organized name “comparsa” krewe dance costume either traditional costume charros modern cartoon character accompanied live band wander along street various queen crowned group parade float followed various street party stage band set various street one tradition related carnival “lunes de ahorcado” monday hanged play man playing villain called palegande “hanged” various supposed crime includes someone play “wife” accusing beating abandoning sentence given last wish dance danzón community come together close event draw people °′″n °′″w