<p><br> Costumed for pre-Easter rituals that merge ancestral beliefs with Christianity, members of the remote community of Choguita in the Sierra Madre prepare for their roles as Pharisees. Three days of dancing and a symbolic battle between good and evil will end with Judas, the traitor, burned in effigy.</p>

Tarahumara Indians


Costumed for pre-Easter rituals that merge ancestral beliefs with Christianity, members of the remote community of Choguita in the Sierra Madre prepare for their roles as Pharisees. Three days of dancing and a symbolic battle between good and evil will end with Judas, the traitor, burned in effigy.

Photograph by Robb Kendrick/National Geographic Stock

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