From Prayer to Protest: How Danza Azteca became Washington’s dance of defiance

Danza Azteca has roots in Aztec culture and has been revived and adapted as a modern form of resistance for those with Indigenous Mexican heritage.

SEATTLE — As fear and uncertainty grow for many immigrant communities, one group in Washington is using culture as a form of resistance. 

For Esmael Xiutecpatl Lopez, growing up in Skagit County was challenging. 

“Coming up in a community where it was very divided between, you know, farm worker children and farm owner children… I felt a lot of racism, a lot of not-belonging,” Lopez said. 

Lopez worked to help his family before going to school, his

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