matachina

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place in Native American dance

  • Aztec round 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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similarities with Morris dance