#loscapomos

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La Danza del Venado or Deer Dance is a centuries-old tradition of the Yaqui and Mayo peoples of northwestern Mexico, witnessed here at Los Capomos village near El Fuerte, Sinaloa.

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Though most of their diet is vegetable and grain based, the indigenous people of Los Capomos village in Sinaloa, Mexico, raise pigs to eat on festive occasions.

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Raramuri Criollo cattle such as this example at Los Capomos village in Sinaloa are descended from animals brought to Mexico by the Spaniards after 1493. They are used for meat, milk, leather, and draught.

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Rattles made from strings of dried giant silk moth cocoons filled with pebbles or seeds are attached to the legs of this indigenous dancer at Los Capomos village in Sinaloa, Mexico. They mimic the sound of a deer's hooves or a rattlesnake's rattle.

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This young man at Los Capomos village in northern Sinaloa, Mexico, is holding a leaf and fruit of the calabash tree (Crescentia alata).