Iguana tamales, a dish of Holy Week in Oaxaca

Iguana tamales, a peculiar and ancestral dish made with this reptile, is the star food of Holy Week in a town in southern Mexico.

Iguana tamales, a dish of Holy Week in Oaxaca
Iguana is consumed only on Fridays of Lent, and it has to be killed in the church. Image: Pixabay