Residents of Veracruz wear traditional wooden masks as they dance during the El Espinal Afro-Mestizo Carnival in Veracruz, Mexico. El Espinal is one of seven carnivals organized in the region. Every year residents of the town go to their streets wearing colorful costumes to represent a traditional dance to remember their ancestors who arrived from Congo, Angola and Mozambique. | May 5, 2024 | Photos by Hector Quintanar - hector_ad_quintanar | #GettyImages #GettyImagesNews #Photojournalism #Mexico #Veracruz