A convergence of eras at the edge of the Caribbean

[Robert Watcher]

The sweeping bronze arcs of the Portal Maya—cast to honor the infinite cycle of the Mayan calendar—act as a deliberate frame for a living ritual. Suspended in the negative space, the Voladores de Papantla spin earthward. Four flyers, fifty-two total revolutions, an ancient Mesoamerican prayer for rain and fertility caught between heavy metal and the open sky. Tradition and modernity intersecting in a single, monumental frame.


I’ve taken pics of this event before, but came across a really cool angle with my long lens. I had to stand over top of a sing selling tours to get the exact angle. There was only a sliver of the bronze arc where the men on top of the pole showed.

 

[Robert Watcher]

Here are the front and side view of the arc. Not exactly something that would be viewed as a frame for the tall pole to the side of it.