La Revuelta Mujers Armadas

 

Armed women, Mujers Armadas

I have never seen a performance done on zoom before so, joining this webinar was new to me. When the presentation started, I did not know what to expect. It began with a drum beat. I saw that the person making the beat was using a knife and other used what utensils they had in their hands. The dialogue was all in Spanish.

Then four women wearing mask started to talk about the kind of riot they were going to have and what they were fighting for. To me it seemed like these women were upset with how they were being stereotyped as weak. They wanted to show that they could be strong and fight for what they believed in. They talked about the reasons why their faces were covered, and it was because they represented everyone, not just one specific group. They said that they did not want to use guns to fight, that they wanted to use knifes. They chanted that they wanted to be the knife. I guess that means that they wanted to be able to cut deep and thin without making too much noise like a gun would do. They started to cut up bananas and cucumbers that had papers with words written on them. The words were written in Spanish and translated to English by the captions. The word were words that make a person insecure. Then they cut up the fruits as if breaking through any insecurities they might have. Then after the presentation, the women were asked how they came up with the webinar. One of them said that La Revuelta was created to speak out against the injustice done to women. All the women in the presentation are feminist and they are all Central American from Guatemala. They did not know about each other until the pandemic hit and they met up on social media. They became good friends and decided to use their time to speak out and show that women have power too.

To me, I really enjoyed the presentation and was able to learn about how women think and feel in other parts of the world. The presentation was creative and that is why it will be taking place in New York, once the women get approved for their visa’s.