[Oaxaca, Mexico; July 27. Image via Getty]

Dancers from Ixtepec city perform during the Guelaguetza celebration on July 27, 2009 in Oaxaca, Mexico. The Guelaguetza —which in Zapotec languaje means the act of participating in a community celebration— is a festival held once a year which gathers music, dances, gastronomy and handicrafts of different ethnic groups and tribes of the state of Oaxaca. AFP PHOTO/Omar Torres (Photo credit should read OMAR TORRES/AFP/Getty Images)

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