Wearing heavy wooden masks with long curved horns and intricate designs resembling demons, witches and skeletons, dancers launched into a danza de los diablos (dance of the devils) in Shute Park on Saturday afternoon as onlookers gathered to watch.

The performance was a focal point of La Guelaguetza, an annual Indigenous cultural celebration in Hillsboro that honors the history and traditions of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Dozens of dancers in masks and chivarras (leather chaps made from goat skin) stomped their feet to live music, while holding whips above their heads. Many completed their costumes with boots and intricate suit jackets with fringe or sequined designs.

Although the masks are heavy and stifling, the dancers showed no exhaustion.

Intricately carved wooden masks with horns and de

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