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After that meeting, I set out in search of them, on a journey to the communities of Nuevo Ideal, Durango, La Onda, and Zacatecas. In these isolated communities – desert-like places – the withdrawn lives of these mennonite women continue. Just as it had been since the time of Álvaro Obregón, who during his government (1920-1924) granted this community land in the states of Chihuahua, Durango, and Zacatecas, where they live to this day.
Over the course of our meetings, my fascination with them grew. At certain moments, I found myself trying to understand their feminine way of life in the country, with their elegant dresses, black shoes and socks.