After coming out of the Commencement Concert at Sprague Memorial Hall at Yale University yesterday my neighbor and I heard another sort of music. Naturally we RAN over and to our delight we saw the Carnaval de San Francisco Tetlanohcan happening on the New Haven Green.
Dancers of all sorts! Dancers, called charros, were dancing the Los Charros. Tetlanohcan is a small village of 10,000 people and it's in the Mexican State of Tlaxcala. Tlaxcala is the smallest state in Mexico.
Below you'll see some of men dressed very beautifully with sequins, feathers and plumes. Masks too! They are celebrating Independence from the Spaniards during the 17th and 18th centuries.
By wearing the masks it is the commoners way to mock the wealthy fair-skinned landowners
Here is one of the masks that the men were wearing as they were dancing. See yesterday's post about the history of the Carnaval.
These men and women were dancing together more like a troupe. Honestly, they wore me out just watching them. While we were there, about 30 minutes, they danced without stopping.
The fancied up ones loved to pose for the camera. I'll have one more entry tomorrow. 
Dancers of all sorts! Dancers, called charros, were dancing the Los Charros. Tetlanohcan is a small village of 10,000 people and it's in the Mexican State of Tlaxcala. Tlaxcala is the smallest state in Mexico.
Below you'll see some of men dressed very beautifully with sequins, feathers and plumes. Masks too! They are celebrating Independence from the Spaniards during the 17th and 18th centuries. 
By wearing the masks it is the commoners way to mock the wealthy fair-skinned landowners
More tomorrow! 
OK. So I know you're probably getting tired of seeing this little guy Milo, but he's so doggone cute! He was taking a snooze in the sunlight and I noticed his reflection in the window. For other weekend reflections see James meme.
