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El Güegüense (Spanish pronunciation: [el ɣweˈɣwen.se]; also known as Macho Ratón, pronounced [ˈma.tʃo raˈton]) is a satirical drama and was the first literary work of post-Colonial Nicaragua.
Early masks were very simple with basic colors to distinguish the wrestler. In modern lucha libre, masks are colorfully designed to evoke the images of animals, gods, ancient heroes and other archetypes, whose identity the luchador takes on during a performance. Virtually all wrestlers in Mexico will start their careers wearing masks, but over ...
A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment, and often employed for rituals and rites. Masks have been used since antiquity for both ceremonial and practical purposes, as well as in the performing arts and for entertainment. They are usually worn on the face, although they may ...
Jesús Alfonso Huerta Escoboza [4] (January 4, 1966 – January 11, 2020) was a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, better known as La Parka who worked for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion AAA from the mid-1990s until 2019.
Early in his career, he worked under a variety of ring names and gimmicks both masked and unmasked, before becoming El Santo, El Enmascarado de Plata ("The Man in the Silver Mask"), in 1942. Santo's brothers were also luchadores , with Black Guzmán being the first to make his debut and later Pantera Negra and Jimmy Guzmán joining them in ...
Lucha libre (Hispanic freestyle wrestling) is a blend of art and sport that involves various fighting techniques such as judo, jujitsu, grappling and kickboxing. [3]: 57 It is a world of masked luchadores (enmascarados), flying little people and flamboyant costuming, one filled with acrobatics and athleticism, all mixed with drama, pageantry and a physical comedy that is uniquely Latino origin.
As a nickname, Macho or El Macho may refer to: People nicknamed Macho. Bernard Barker (1917–2009), convicted Watergate burglar and CIA undercover operative;
Macho, a short-lived Italian-American disco/R&B group in the late 1970s; Macho, a 1975 album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó "El Macho", a song on the Sailing to Philadelphia album by Mark Knopfler; Macho, original title of the 1975 novel Cry Macho; El Macho, a 1977 Italian-Argentine Spaghetti Western film; Macho, a 2016 Mexican film