Mexico's ritual 'Flyers' train the next generation
In Mexico, an ancestral ritual known as the “dance of the flying men” is at risk of disappearing. To keep the tradition alive, descendants of ancient cultures are opening academies to teach the dangerous ceremonial practice to a new generation.Alasdair Baverstock visits one of these training sites to see how Mexico’s young voladores are preserving their cultural identity—one dizzying descent at a time. Voladores de Papantla