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If Cities Could Dance

Mexican Folk Dance in Fresno, CA

Season 2 Episode 5

Los diablos de Juxtlahuaca Oaxaca—agricultural workers from the town of San Miguel Cuevas who emigrated to Fresno—dance behind handmade masks and under animal furs. Watch the whip-wielding, barely controlled frenzy that is the Danza de los Diablos.

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