The person behind the mask is a ethnic translator, assigned to greet and speak to hispanic culture people who pass on. His appearance changes according to the person he deals with, as to what hispanic ethnic that person was oriented towards.

Usually the departed person see him with the mask and does not see what is under the mask. It was shown to you because you are more advanced and also because you are not fully hispanic even though you relate well to the various hispanic cultures.

This is an example of where Catholicism confiscated the religious influence of the South American indigenous people and basically swallowed their situation socially and politically as well as religiously.

The conquest of the Spaniards continues even on the astral planes!