In T\u00f3cuaro, masks seen throughout the year in workshops return to the setting for which many of them were created: the celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Around February 2<\/strong>, Candlemas coincides with the close of a cycle of pastorelas featuring devils, negritos, hermits, foremen, angels, and other characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here, mask carving and ritual performance are not separate stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They meet in the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n February 2 belongs to the Catholic calendar and commemorates the presentation of Jesus in the temple and the purification of Mary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In T\u00f3cuaro, the date is connected with the pastorela and with practices of the community itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cultural documentation records a representation of the struggle between good and evil: Saint Michael protects the Christ Child while the devils attempt to disrupt order; after the performance, the characters leave the church and continue through the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n T\u00f3cuaro is known for its mask carvers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many masks represent characters from dances and pastorelas: devils, negritos, hermits, and other faces whose imagination seems limitless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But during Candlemas they are not merely objects to look at in a workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They once again cover a face, accompany a character, and move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That change \u2014 from object to presence \u2014 helps explain why craft and celebration are so closely related.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ethnographic research describes T\u00f3cuaro as one of the places where the Lake Region\u2019s pastorela circuit comes to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exact dates around February 2 have varied by source and year: some records place the closing on Candlemas itself, while others extend it for several days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For that reason, February 2<\/strong> should remain the structural date, while the complete program belongs to variable information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Older cultural sources connect Candlemas in T\u00f3cuaro and other lakeside communities with fishing and duck hunting by spear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That is a historical record worth preserving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is not enough, however, to state that the practice continues today in T\u00f3cuaro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When a custom no longer appears clearly in recent documentation, Visit P\u00e1tzcuaro should say so rather than turn the past into the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you visit T\u00f3cuaro during the celebration, look closely at the masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then look at who is wearing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Months of work in a workshop change completely when a character begins to walk, dance, or chase people down a street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That is when the mask has a voice again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The central date of Candlemas is February 2 every year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Performance days, schedules, routes, participants, and complementary activities must be confirmed for each edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Information for the next edition is pending confirmation.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cada 2 de febrero En T\u00f3cuaro, las m\u00e1scaras que vemos durante todo el a\u00f1o en los talleres vuelven a ocupar el lugar para el que muchas fueron creadas: la fiesta. 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Masks made to take part<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The pastorela circuit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A memory that also changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Looking at the detail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Next edition \/ Practical information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n