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Virus-Battered Mexico City Sees Mariachi Bands Return To Streets
- Closed plazas in Mexico City brought mariachi music to a halt
- Mexico City is slowly reopening, and performers are returning
Photographer: Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images
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Mariachi bands usually liven the streets of Mexico City with their matching embroidered suits and songs played on trumpets, guitars and violins. But starting in March there was no one to watch them perform as the city’s plazas emptied and group gatherings came to a standstill.