PORTRAIT D’ERASMO PALMA – TARAHUMARAS 87

“Erasmo Palma: a Matachín dancer, a composer of Tarahumara songs, a resource person for anthropologi sts, our informer and friend since 1978.” (Régis Hébraud)

“Erasmo took a very beautiful photo of Régis and me, below the cerro. He kept it for himself, dated, so he would know the year we visited him. We had known each other for six years. It seemed long enough for him to declare his friendship. He asked our age. He is 56. He made the declaration laughing, in front of the women, our ‘Hermano mayor’.” (Raymonde Carasco)