Laments of the Cadejos
 The Cadejos is a popular story present in the countries of Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El
 (Salvadoran, Nicaraguan, and Costa Rican), which describes a dog-like creature, usually large, with a terrifying appearance, and always dragging a chain. This creature appears at night to drunk people.
 The origin of the myth comes from two possible versions: in one, a hardworking man has a lazy and drunken son, and one day, due to his behavior, the father curses him to walk eternally on all fours, dragging chains and following his drunken friends.
 In the other version, the father was the one who came home drunk every night, and once his son scared him by barking like a dog; then the father cursed him, and the young man turned into the animal that had terrified him.
 Depending on the region, the Cadejos can be a companion (albeit a fearsome one) that protects the
 drunkards, or an evil creature seeking to destroy them.
 The work seeks to portray the sad part of this story: the son who understands that, because of his mistakes, he will have to spend eternity transformed into a hideous creature, rejected by all and condemned to live with death.
 At certain moments, he literally “dances with death.” That sadness is present from the beginning of the work, and the allusions to Latin American rhythms evoke the appearances of the Cadejos before the drunks leaving a party.
 Clear references to Shostakovich's Viola Sonata represent the fate of the Cadejos: a being
 terrifying, paying for his mistakes, constantly facing death, yet unable to die.
 The final section of the play is a final dance with death. In the end, at last, the Cadejos can die… or can he?