matachina
dance
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place in Native American dance
- In Native American dance: Mexico and Mesoamerica

…serious, vowed-membership society of the matachini dancers ties in with the semi-Hispanic matachina dancers of the Rio Grande tribes and of the northern Mexican mountains. These dances are related to those further south such as the various types of moriscas. A fantastically hybrid Passion drama is also performed in some…
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