How To Describe "la Mojiganga"

Question

Hello everybody.

I am trying to write a good description of the "mojiganga" in both English and Spanish languages. Will somebody who knows about "la mojiganga" help me?

"Traditional Mexican mojiganga. Boys dressed as girls dancing to the music of a village band having a good time with their scandalous antics. The mojiganga is a kind of minor dramatic genre from the Golden Age of Spain, in its classic form, consisting of a brief text verse of character comic burlesque and vulgar, expressed throught an essential carnaval character with a predisposition to confusion and deliberate insults."

http://mexico-nostalgia.net/mexico-nostalgia-blog/mojiganga

Answer 1

Hola Martin....creo que aquí en el US estamos hablando de los "Drag Queens".

Drag Queens

This is misleading "Yesterday was the coronation of the town queen. Every year there are runners for the title of the queen. A parade is held throughout the town and the queen is crowned in a ceremony " This Queen is female and NOT part of any mojiganga - Martin-Rizzi, Jul 29, 2011

O.K. Thanks Martin - MattM, Jul 29, 2011

Answer 2

La mojigana

se explica bien en ingles.

Answer 3

A good word to describe the essence of mojiganga might be "desmadre"

This is a vulgar term that is used casually in Mexican vernacular.

Can anyone suggest an English-language translation or alternative?

Answer 4

No estoy seguro que son los "Drag Queens"

--- creo ellos son unos tipos "gay" ?¿

Los mojigangas NO son "gay". Son muchachos vestidos de mujeres haciendo desmadre con musica de una banda provinciana en el contexto de una fiesta. Usualmente (siempre?) hay una recolección de monedas para algun santo supongo o posiblamente es para pagar los costos de bilé y sombras de ojo, brasieres, etc

No todos los transformistas son homosexuales, you know. :-) Not all drag queens are gay, just like not all gays are drag queens. :-) - StephenTrevor, Jul 29, 2011

no lo dudo - no obstante, casi no quiero llamarles a la mojiganga unas "drag queens". - Martin-Rizzi, Jul 29, 2011