The article recommends two horror plays in Xochimilco for the 2017 season. One is “La leyenda del nahual de Xochimilco” (The Legend of the Nahual of Xochimilco), on a floating stage at the Las Flores de Nativitas dock and set in the colonial era; the other is “La Llorona,” then in its 24th year in Cuemanco, which draws on oral tales linked to Cihuacóatl.
“La leyenda del nahual” (The Legend of the Nahual) reaches its fifth season in Xochimilco with a revamped score that combines suspense and pre-Hispanic sounds, plus a new character who turns into a jaguar. The audience travels by trajinera from Las Flores Nativitas to a floating stage, where it watches a story set in New Spain in 1621 and grounded in historical archives.
The Las Flores Nativitas dock in Xochimilco opens its season with “La leyenda de los volcanes” (The Legend of the Volcanoes), a theatrical and musical production directed by Jorge Guzerra and designed for the whole family. The play recreates the tragic love story of Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl, whom the gods transform into volcanoes.
For the fourth year in a row, Xochimilco hosts “La leyenda del Nahual” (The Legend of the Nahual), a play on a floating stage reached by trajinera from Las Flores Nativitas. Its producer, Carlos Ernesto Díaz, explains that it portrays the character in the pre-Hispanic, colonial, and present-day eras. The plot, set in 1621, blends the hunt for the nahual with a love triangle.