Every July, Moyahua, Zacatecas gathers in honor of Santo Santiago Apóstol — El Patrón — and the Tastuanes, masked figures who carry the memory of Indigenous resistance, conquest, faith, and survival.

This highlight video follows the streets of Moyahua during the fiestas: El Ángel moving through town, the fiddle leading the march, Tastuanes packed shoulder to shoulder in wooden masks and cow-haired monteras, and a community returning to walk beside a tradition that is still alive.

Rooted in the history of the Mixtón War and the Caxcan people of the Cañón de Juchipila, the fiestas are part devotion, part reenactment, part homecoming.

For me, this project is personal — a return to Moyahua after years away, and a way of seeing El Patrón, the Tastuanes, and the people who keep this story moving through the streets.