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The Dance of the Forty-One (Spanish: ''El baile de los cuarenta y uno'') was a society scandal in early 20th-century Mexico, during the presidency of Porfirio Díaz.〔 〕〔 〕 The incident revolved around a police raid carried out on 18 November 1901 against a private home on Calle de la Paz (since renamed Calle Ezequiel Montes), the site of a dance attended by a group of men, of whom 19 were dressed in women's clothing. The press was keen to report the incident, in spite of the government's efforts to hush it up, since the participants belonged to the upper echelons of society. The list of the detainees was never published.〔〔 == Details == A rumour, neither confirmed nor denied, soon emerged, claiming that there were in reality 42 participants, with the forty-second being Ignacio de la Torre, Porfirio Díaz's son-in-law, who was allowed to escape. Although the raid was illegal and completely arbitrary, the 41 were convicted and conscripted into the army and sent to Yucatán where the Caste War was still being fought: On 4 December 1901 there was a similar raid on a group of lesbians in Santa María, but that incident received far less attention.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dance of the Forty-One」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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