Fotografiar un proceso ritual: una aproximación a la agencia de las máscaras del Xantolo en la Huasteca Potosina

This photo essay shows the agency of the masks used during the Xantolo or All Saints celebration in the village of Chapulhuacanito, Tamazunchale, in San Luis Potosí. Homing in on the masks, which allow the dead to materialize during their visit to the world of the living, it draws attention to the relations and ritual practices among members of the costumed group of the San José neighborhood. Laid out as a process, the photographs—taken between 2019 and 2023—bring into focus the masks’ capacity to influence people in the context of the ritual.