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Description: Elyla (Fredman Barahona) nChontales, Nicaragua, 1989—Masaya, NicaraguannTorita-encuetada, 2023nVideoperformancen9m43snnnElyla's video-performance, Torita-encuetada (2023), an anti-colonial ceremony, explores liberation from the colonial yoke through a fire ritual rooted in a Nicaraguan cultural practice called “Toro-encuetado.” Serving as a poignant act of political remembrance, the ritual dance or mitote calls for a return to earth-honoring practices and for the decolonization of mestizaj
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