10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MATACHINA»
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The procession halts several times for more lively dancing by the Matachina. One
halting-place is at the usual dance place in front of Little kiva. Finally the dance
processional wends westward to the churchyard where in Mexican fashion a ...
Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons, 1939
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Expressing New Mexico: Nuevomexicano Creativity, Ritual, and ...
In 1993-94, when I did not play at Jemez for two years in a row as a result of
demands at work, none of the local fiddlers were able to play this particular piece,
which more than anything else secured my position as the matachina fiddler for ...
3
Native American Dance Steps
There are lots of Matachina songs played on the violin, but they are Mexican.
There is only one Indian Matachina song sung at Santa Clara. The Mexicans also
dance Matachina, but it is different. They wear citizen clothes. They borrow the ...
Bessie Evans, May G. Evans, 2012
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Ghost Schools of the Big Bend
100-year-old fort, they called the new settlement San Vicente.19 They were
highly religious, mingling Catholic and Indian religions, and brought with them
traditions, such as the la matachina, a rain dance of Aztecan origin.20 According
to Don ...
Albert Briggs Tucker, 2008
However, the Italian morisca, the Spanish moresca dance, and the matachina
dance from New Mexico all have the theme of a battle. These battle dances
originated in 1492, when the Moors were driven out of Spain. This is a story that
people ...
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Travels and Researches in Native North America, 1882-1883
La matachina, or los mat- achines1* (actually the "clowns' dance" or the "clowns")
, is clearly bastardized by Mexican influence, as the name and principal
personages, Montezuma and Malinche, indicate.14 One could call the matachina
a ...
Herman Frederik Carel Kate, Pieter Hovens, William J. Orr, 2004
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The prophet dance of the Northwest and its derivatives: the ...
101. 142. But see p. 101. 143. Contributed by Dr. White. 144. Inferably it has
been. hanging on the wall above his bed were crude. very When Matachina is
given at Christmas, the Matachina are the dancers before the Saints in their
procession ...
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Memoir Series of the American Anthropological Association
Stick used in matachina at Santo Domingo. In Brooklyn Institute hiuseum. Length.
23} inches. FIG. 24.—Mask of rain'making shiwonna. Similar to kokokshi mask of
Zuni. or. because of the eight feathers along the beard. to upikaiupona.
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New Mexico Historical Review
In the beautiful St. Francis Auditorium of the New Museum, these men and
women from Cochiti gave the "Matachina" dance with an enthusiasm, a spiritual
exaltation, which made it a veritable prayer for victory to the Sky Father, which
signified ...
Lansing Bartlett Bloom, Paul Alfred Francis Walter, 1926
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Transnational Encounters: Music and Performance at the ...
One ceremonial exception is the ritual space that 'Manitos have occupied as
musicians for the Matachina ceremonial danza in some Pueblos. See Brenda M.
Romero,“Cultural Interaction in New Mexico as Illustrated in the Matachines
Dance” ...
Alejandro L. Madrid, 2011
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MATACHINA»
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matachina is used in the context of the following news items.
Dia Del Nino Celebration Celebrates Mexican Culture
... festivities included performances by troupes including the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Los Chinelos and Danza Matachina Guadalupana. «CBS Local, Apr 15»
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Composer s Note: The Matachina dance, or Danza de Matachines, is a ritual dance performed with masks and elaborate costumes. «Broadway World, Apr 15»
Christmas Crafts
Another of his paintings is a Matachina—a dance celebrating when Native Americans took back power for a brief period of time from the ... «Santa Fe Reporter, Dec 14»
Ten Top Day of the Dead Celebrations in Denver This Week
There's a community altar exhibition, and in the afternoon La Danza Guadalupana Matachina will lead costumed processions. Calvera Ball ... «Westword, Oct 14»
Día de los Muertos to bring out colorful crowd
Costumed processions led by La Danza Guadalupana Matachina take place 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. 1007 York St. $9-$15. 720-865-3501 or ... «The Denver Post, Oct 14»
Ten Día de los Muertos events in Denver this weekend -- for adults …
Stick around for a candlelight procession led by Danza Guadalupana Matachina Tlaxcaltecas at sunset and a costume contest, with both kid ... «Westword, Oct 13»
Denver Art Museum celebrates Our Lady of Guadalupe with free …
11 from 2 to 4 p.m. The museum will host performances by Danza Matachina Guadalupana, Comparsa Morelos, Aplausos de Colorado ... «Denver Post, Dec 11»
