luchadors

   Last Sunday we went to a Lucha Libre match in El Centro, Oaxaca, Mexico.   They had a luchador ring set up outside and a bus had just pulled up with the luchadors. (Luchadors are Mexican wrestlers)

 The most important thing is their masks because it identifies them as not so human.  They all wear brightly colored masks and their masks are all different.  If they lose their mask then it makes them have a lot of shame.  Los technicos are the good guys and los rudos are the bad guys.  They got thrown out of the ring and one time a rudo sat in a persons lap in the audience.  They slapped each other on the chest and threw each other around the ring.  They jump, leap, do acrobatics and slug each other. 

We had to leave early because of a tormenta ("Tormenta" means thunderstorm in Spanish).  During the tormenta the tin walls surrounding the ring blew down because of all of the wind.

It was amazing to see a lucha libre match as well as a crazy party of cheering people.

Here is a link to some more PHOTOs taken by my mom.