Mexican carnival mocks European colonizers

TLAXCALA -- Wearing flamboyant costumes and masks imitating blue-eyed, bearded Europeans, carnival-goers in Mexico have turned mocking colonizers into an art form. Men imitate the dandy style of the European colonizers and women wear the flowing dresses and elaborate hats of European ladies. The Tlaxcalans allied with Cortes to capture the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan -- today Mexico City -- in 1521. TLAXCALA -- Wearing flamboyant costumes and masks imitating blue-eyed, bearded Europeans, carnival-goers in Mexico have turned mocking colonizers into an art form. Men imitate the dandy style of the European colonizers and women wear the flowing dresses and elaborate hats of European ladies.