The Burepecha - indigenous people's New Year - included revived traditional rituals in the mountains of western Mexico. The Purepecha people succeeded in reviving the New Year's tradition with the help of historians and anthropologists.
For three days every year, participants wear traditional dress and carry torches for a distance of approximately 100 kilometers, from one village to another. The journey across the state of Michoacan culminated this year in Ocumichu, amid a flurry of colour, music and dance.