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Indigenous Mexican softball team fights against machismo / 34UH2EC
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Barefoot and dressed in traditional indigenous dress, the Yaxunah Amazons women's team play a friendly match in Los Angeles. Their push against the stifling machismo culture that saw their participation in sports as an affront in their Mexican jungle village, has inspired a documentary to be screened on Sunday at the Los Angeles International Latino Film Festival. “My husband used to tell us that it wasn't right for women to go out and play,” says Enedina Canul, founder of the club. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES