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Caption: SANTIAGO DE JUXTLAHUACA, OAXACA, MEXICO: November 4, 2008. Alejandro Vera and his wife in front of their altar at home for Day of the Dead. Vera is an artist famous throughout Mexico for the devil masks he makes for the Danza de los Diablos, one of the most impotant indigenous cultural celebrations in Oaxaca. He lives in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca, one of the poorest areas in Mexico. Indigenous Mixtec, Triqui and other groups from this region now make up a large percentage of the migrants who have left to work in the United States. ©David Bacon / The Image Works |