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The band El Conjunto Nueva Ola performs in Mexican wrestler masks. In fact, they wore their masks the whole time Betto Arcos talked to them for this story. He never saw their faces.

This Cumbia band plays covers of the Sex Pistols — in Mexican wrestler masks

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What’s El Conjunto Nueva Ola’s approach to a song? “How is this song good? We’re gonna do the exact opposite.”What’s El Conjunto Nueva Ola’s approach to a song? “How is this song good? We’re gonna do the exact opposite.”

Chicken Wilson competing in Peru's "Lucha Libro" - writing a story story in five minutes.

Peru makes book writing into a spectator sport and invites aspiring writers into combat

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