[Activities of the Rio Negro Foundation/March and ceremony for Rio Negro massacre victims, part 1 of 5], March 2002

The first part of this video documents the work of the Fundación Rio Negro to commemorate the twenty year anniversary of the Rio Negro massacre. There is footage of a commemoration event that took place in Rabinal in March 2002. Inside a gymnasium, a woman leads a large group of young people happily chanting to drum music and marching in a circle. The young people then sit and watch as a few young men demonstrate how to walk on stilts. Other young people wearing trains of fabric to resemble caterpillars weave around the stilt-walkers. Cut to exterior shots of the young people, dressed in brightly colored costumes, parading down the street. Shots of market square as the parade passes through it. cut to an outdoor stage where a crowd listens to various presentations, including a theatrical re-enactment of the Rio Negro massacre. A banner behind the stage reads "Ofrenda por la Vida y la Paz. Rabinal, B.V. Marzo 2002."