These Totonac voladores (flyers) still re-enact dramatic ancestral traditions - with pre-Hispanic origins dating back to 600 CE - in the forested hills four hours from the eponymous state capital of Veracruz. Read more about them in my blog post https://tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/voladores-bird-men-papantla-mexico.


(Yaomautzin Ohtokani Olvera Lara)