{"id":40151,"date":"2026-03-20T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/?post_type=ensayos-fotograficos&#038;p=40151"},"modified":"2026-03-17T17:28:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T23:28:03","slug":"culto-cuir-sinverguenza-performance","status":"publish","type":"ensayos-fotograficos","link":"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/en\/ensayos-fotograficos\/culto-cuir-sinverguenza-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cuir Sinverg\u00fcenza Cult: ritual recreations based on performance."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_1_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 1. Program of the \u201cShameless Liturgy\u201d.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program takes on a political meaning by asking attendees to sign the Pronouncement Against the <span class=\"small-caps\">ecosieg<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 2. \u201cCalaveras y diablitos\u201d.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The altar brings together elements of Mexican culture. The Cuir Cult was planned close to the dates of commemoration of the dead saints in Mexico, hence elements such as skulls, pan de muerto and cempas\u00fachil were included in it. This tells us about the adaptability of these Protestant-Evangelical Cuir practices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_2_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_3_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 3. Intersectional altar and stage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About the logo of Theology Without Shame, at the back of the stage, Reverend Sex noted, \u201cIt is putting pleasure and bodies with vulva back in the field of the sacred, with the church stained glass window that says: here also dwells the sacred\u201d (Reverend Sex, informal WhatsApp chat, November 7, 2024).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 4. An exorcism \u201cto cure\u201d, of what? \u201cKarma is a Bitch\u201d, performance by Ezra Merol<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This image is a representation of one of the formats of \u201csexual reorientation therapies\u201d or \"sexual reorientation therapies\". <span class=\"small-caps\">ecosieg<\/span>, made to individuals <span class=\"small-caps\">lgbtq<\/span>+. These are carried out in different religious spaces, but are not limited to them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_4_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-5\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_5_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 5. Muertx, never! \u201cKarma is a Bitch\u201d, performance by Ezra Merol<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pain, confusion, senselessness. The consequences of physical, emotional and psychological torture to which people are subjected. <span class=\"small-caps\">lgbtq<\/span>+ by going through \u201cconversion therapies\u201d or \"conversion <span class=\"small-caps\">ecosieg<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-6\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 6. Salvation. \u201cKarma is a Bitch\u201d, performance by Ezra Merol.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The importance of support networks, represented in the muxe. The muxes are a reference in the struggle for rights. <span class=\"small-caps\">lgbtq<\/span>+ in Mexico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_6_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-7\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_7_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 7. This is me, bitches! Drag, Matraka<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support networks and (self-)recognition allow for self-determination. Matraka, drag queen from the state of Guanajuato, whose characteristic of her art is to mix elements of Mexican culture in the reaffirmation of gender diversity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-8\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 8. \u201cThe Other Party\u201d, performance by La Otra Laboratoria<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Setting the stage to receive the next performancerx.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_8_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-9\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_9_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 9. Transcending gender binarism. Performance by La Otra Laboratoria<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The performance focused on questioning gender binarism and society's inflexibility in naming people. <span class=\"small-caps\">lgbtq<\/span>+ with pronouns that identify themselves, beyond the male and female categories. \u201cWhy can't they call me by my name?\u201d the artist exclaimed to the audience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-10 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 10. Scoundrels and the brave<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reverend Sex and Nadia Arellano, introduced the trans baptisms, Exalting Little Courage. \u201cComing to a place that is called worship, even if we add cuir, is not easy and we honor that. Coming to a place where we talk about theology, in a world that has historically been built by white Christian supremacy, is not an easy thing. We want to honor it and we want to thank you for the trust. We also want to bless. To bless, means to speak well, well-say to heaven about someone. It is not a power given to us by the church, it is a power given to us by the divinity in us and today we want to bless you: Bless you, unbreakable spirits. Blessed is your joy that has the capacity to name and to keep expanding. Blessed are your bodies, bodies, sacred, precious and powerful bodies. Blessed their courage.\u201d (Field Notes, The Exaltation of Small Courage by Nadia Arellano, October 27, 2024).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_10_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-11 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-11\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_11_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 11. Blessed diversity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuir pastors gathered to recognize, bless and welcome new members to the cuir and feminist believing community. The traditions\/churches to which the pastors in the photo belong are: Comunidad de Fe Santa Mar\u00eda Magdalena of Anglican tradition in El Salvador; Misi\u00f3n Cristiana Incluyente (<span class=\"small-caps\">mci<\/span>) in Mexico; Comunidad Luterana del Per\u00fa; Comunidad Abrazo Disidente, which focuses on people with <span class=\"small-caps\">lgbtq<\/span>+ and neurodivergent; Trans-Formando Community linked to the Costa Rican Lutheran Church; Metropolitan Community Church Mexico and Brazil; Latino Ministry in Oakland and the Baptist Church of Nazareth, Brazil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-12 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 12. \u201cThe water of the ancestors\u201d.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reverend Sex explains where the water of the ancestors comes from, while depositing the water in the bowl that will be used for baptizing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_12_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-13 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-13\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_13_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 13. Recovering the collective value of sacredness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reverend Sex explains how the dynamics of the baptism ritual will be. The change of name through this ritual is the recognition of dissent and its welcome into the faith community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-14 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-14\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 14. Rebirth Osvva<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am from Yucatan and I came to Mexico City to have a journey of exploration, self-recognition, healing. And I didn't expect this at all, so this spiritual, erotic and sexual rebirth is very significant, I love it!\u201d (Osvva, Field notes, Cuir Cult).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_14_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-15 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-15\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_15_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 15. Yacurmana rebirth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt means all my indigenous ancestry, Yacurmana is the deity of water. So that the water also flows\u201d. (Tacurmana, Field notes, Cuir Cult).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-16 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-16\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 16. Reborn Canek<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor me it is important to recover my original name, I was called Canek before I was born, then I was born and my name was no longer Canek. So, it is my original name and in this baptism I recover it, I recover all that (and I recover myself).\u201d (Canek, Field notes, Cuir Cult).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_16_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-17 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-17\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_17_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 17. Ahmelie reborn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe meaning I feel is because something is telling me that it loves me and that I am not alone. And that my name is my remembrance and my restatement that I can be myself and that I can receive that love. Amen.\u201d (Ahmelie, Field Notes, Cuir Cult).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-18 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-18\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 18. Reborn Miyu Hari Alarc\u00f3n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy first name, Miyu, is part of the name my mother gave me, but I didn't really like it (Yu). So I named it \u2018mi\u2019, because I feel that every time someone pronounces my name I am part of that person. Yu, which my mother taught me to write. Haira means \u2018God\u2019 in India, so I transposed my God, putting his name in me. I left my mother's Alarcon, as my mother's patriarchal surname, and to leave all that she means to me. Just to tell you: when I arrive in Colombia, I will already have my ID card with my name\u201d. (Miyu Hari Alarc\u00f3n, Field notes, Culto Cuir).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_18_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-19 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-19\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_19_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 19. \u201cLa virgen de la Leche\u201d.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An embodied critique of the demonization of identities <span class=\"small-caps\">lgbtq<\/span>+.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-20 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-20\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 20. The object of curiosity. \u201cDelicias del Baubo\u201d, performance by Disidentxs Hist\u00e9ricxs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In front of them, a table covered by a silver cloth that was raised in the center by what looked like a phallic-shaped object.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_20_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-21 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-21\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_21_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 21. Tasting the unknown. \u201cDelicias del Baubo\u201d, performance by Lxs Disidentxs Hist\u00e9ricxs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hysterical dissidents on the verge of falling into temptation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-22 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"img-22\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Image 22. \u201cBaubo's Delights\u201d, performance by Disidentxs Hist\u00e9ricxs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos Herrera<br>Prophecy Club 9, <span class=\"small-caps\">cdmx<\/span>, October 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This performance invites to the liberation and enjoyment of pleasure. To vindicate non-hegemonic bodies and depathologize women's experiences. When their behavior does not comply with the expected role of kindness and docility, they are called \"hysterical\", \"intense\"! Dissident Hysterics question the patriarchal frameworks through which women's desire, emotions and opinions have been historically invalidated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encartes.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imagen_22_cristina_mazariegos.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagen 1. Programa de la &#8220;Liturgia Sinverg\u00fcenza&#8221; Foto: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos HerreraClub Profec\u00eda 9, cdmx, 27 de octubre 2024 El programa adquiere un sentido pol\u00edtico al solicitar a lxs asistentxs firmar el Pronunciamiento Contra los ecosieg. Imagen 2. &#8220;Calaveras y diablitos&#8221; Foto: Hilda Mar\u00eda Cristina Mazariegos HerreraClub Profec\u00eda 9, cdmx, 27 de octubre 2024 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40163,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-cover.php","class_list":["post-40151","ensayos-fotograficos","type-ensayos-fotograficos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>El Culto Cuir Sinverg\u00fcenza &#8211; Encartes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"En el altar confluyen elementos de la cultura mexicana. El Culto Cuir se plane\u00f3 cercano a las fechas de conmemoraci\u00f3n de los santos difuntos en M\u00e9xico, de ah\u00ed que elementos como las calaveras, pan de muerto y cempas\u00fachil fueran incluidos en \u00e9l. 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