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Indigenous Mayan smoking a traditional cigar, Mexico, 1958 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Good point. The kneeling guy definitely reminds me of certain classic Aztec - Mexican looks.

The 'black body suits' are probably due to a dark-blue dye, perhaps a classic one made by indigo dye + a specific clay. But funny thing-- it sounds like it's supposed to be the victim painted that way, not so much the priests.

Obviously you have to entertain anything here as containing errors, but this might shed some light on this stuff.