The Conchero dance traces its founding story to Querétaro, near San Miguel de Allende, a city that has helped shape and carry the dance forward. It brings Indigenous practices into conversation with Catholic devotion, joining elements from before and after the arrival of the Church.

At its heart is the greeting “Él es Dios”—literally, “He is God.” In the spirit of these photographs, it offers a way to recognize the divine in one another: beneath our differences, a shared belonging. The dance can be understood as a way of moving forward together, carrying the past while making room for reconciliation, release and coexistence.