Juarez, Mexico, Clown’s Mother Outlives Husband and Children
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Juarez, Mexico, Clown’s Mother Outlives Husband and Children

Juarez community mourns unexpected death Pacific Perlita, a mother from a family of clowns, has performed in children’s shows, festivals and civic events in the border town for over a decade.

Perla Nallely Dominguez Carrillo, 37, with her red nose, wig, colorful makeup and sparkling dresses, was better known as the clown Perlita. She leaves behind a husband and three children, artists who are also clowns.

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Perlita with her clown husband, Balín, and their clown children were the Chiken family—“chickens” without the second “C.”Balin and Perlita“they were well known in Juarez, where they participated in festivals, charity events, store promotions and children’s parties.

Perlita died on Thursday, August 29, in a hospital in Juarez, two days after the Facebook page “Payasos Balín and Perlita“issued an urgent call for prayer, stating that Perlita had been hospitalized in a delicate state of health. Funeral services were held over the weekend.

According to local media reports, Dominguez died of liver disease, autoimmune hepatitis and disseminated blood clotting.

“Thank you for all your smiles”

Juárez Cruz Mayor Perez Cuellar and former Mayor Armando Cabada expressed their condolences to Perlita’s family in separate Facebook posts.

“It is with deep sadness that we say goodbye to Perlita, who filled our lives with joy and left a mark on our hearts,” Perez Cuellar said. “To her family and friends, I offer my deepest condolences. This is not goodbye, but see you soon, Perlita.”

Cabada posted the following on his Facebook page: “My condolences to her family and friends, thank you for all your smiles.”

On Friday, August 30, the Arena Internacional in Juarez hosted a lucha libre show in honor of Perlita, with the participation of more than a dozen wrestlers.

How did Payasos Balín, Perlita begin?

As the clown couple told Net Noticias in 2018, Perlita started painting the faces of children in Central Park in Juarez. Payaso DayClown Day in Mexico.

Balín said in an interview that he was a local professional wrestler (he joked that he was mostly an amateur who never trained) who was hired to perform at children’s parties, where the seeds of his passion were born pause were planted when he was asked if he could look after the children.

The pair joined a group of clowns performing in Central Park and learned the art of making people laugh, which they say was not as easy as it seemed at first.

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Over time, they began attending training courses and meetings for professional clowns in Mexico City and other parts of Mexico until clowning became their profession and lifestyle.

“We are a family of artists whose mission is to make people laugh,” we read on the family’s Facebook page.

Clowns are a colorful, important art form in Mexican culture, an expression of humor and joy even in the hardships of life.

There are about 10,000 registered professional clowns in Mexico, according to a 2019 Reuters report citing the Latin American Clown Association.