Parachico

When the lady, whose name was Señora Maria de Angulo, gave the gifts to the dancers, she said: "for the boy," or "para el chico," shortened to"Parachico."

It is said that in the middle of the 18th century a Spanish lady from Guatemala arrived in Chiapa de Corzo who had a sick son whom the doctors had not been able to cure.

She had arrived in Chiapa de Corzo with her son and a large number of servants because she wanted to consult a famed Indian healer and went to visit him.

Amidst this misery, there arrived at Chiapa de Corzo a mule train loaded with large stores of corn, beans, vegetables, and money.

Each year, the city celebrates this event with a woman dressed as Señora Maria de Angulo, who travels aboard an allegorical car, throwing gold coins, sweets, and confetti.

They also wear a round headdress, colorful ribbons, striped serapes, embroidered shawls, usually over black or dark shirt and trousers.

The decision was adopted at the meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, held in Nairobi, Kenya, under the name "Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo."