The Abduction, Juchitan, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1986
This is the first time “defloration”, as practiced in Tehuantepec, has been photographed. When a couple fears that the family of the bride will oppose their wedding (for instance, when they are too young) she is “abducted” by her boyfriend, who takes her to his parent’s home and proceeds to deflower her with his fingers. The groom’s family awaits with expectation to have the bed sheets stained with blood as proof of the woman’s innocence, but it is said that many carry little sacks of chicken blood with them to fake the loss of virginity. Graciela records the way the girl is later exhibited, adorned with red flowers and confetti, and wearing a red bandage around her head to symbolize her new condition.
From Graciela Iturbide 55 published by Phaidon
This is the first time “defloration”, as practiced in Tehuantepec, has been photographed. When a couple fears that the family of the bride will oppose their wedding (for instance, when they are too young) she is “abducted” by her boyfriend, who takes her to his parent’s home and proceeds to deflower her with his fingers. The groom’s family awaits with expectation to have the bed sheets stained with blood as proof of the woman’s innocence, but it is said that many carry little sacks of chicken blood with them to fake the loss of virginity. Graciela records the way the girl is later exhibited, adorned with red flowers and confetti, and wearing a red bandage around her head to symbolize her new condition.
From Graciela Iturbide 55 published by Phaidon
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