RMLApril 20

In the church, Saint Paul’s cross is adorned with pink ribbons. [The Virgin of] La Soledad is on a table and to her left are four small Virgins (6 inches tall, 15 cms). The box was placed in a shed next to the fig tree.

Since the night before it had been attended by both men and women. At four in the afternoon the box was brought into the church. The box was covered with a white cloth, on top of which was a pile of gardenias and tulips. The women carried lit candles.

At six in the evening some people came to pass the night.

In the evening the Masked Ones came out and later there was a dance in town hall.

On Holy Saturday there was a dance in town hall that started at 7 :00 and lasted until 11 :00. At 10 :00 there were few people, old men and women. The women sat on benches to both sides, cloth slings with sleeping children were hung from the rafters, and a Coleman lamp was hung from another rafter, giving off a dreary, yellow light. The man always gave their chairs to the women when a musical piece ended. There is a custom that men do not dance with women with their hats on, but many did. The music was popular music.

There was a homosexual from Ixcatlan, wearing a dress, a kerchief on his head, gardenias above his ears, rouged lips and cheeks, and wearing socks and shoes. The people accepted him as an entertainment. When the homosexual ripped his dress, everyone broke out in laughter. The men danced with the women and with the homosexual, while the women danced with the men, other women, and with the homosexual.