2022年10月11日 · The clothing of the matlachines is made up of a headdress, bodice, nahuillas, huaraches, and arrows; made with sequins, beads, turkey feathers; created by themselves, because there is no specific place for the creation of those outfits.

2019年8月7日 · The Bernalillo Matachines cupil (headdress) at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage depicts San Lorenzo.

Dressed in traditional ceremonial dress and clothing, the chief characters are El Monarca (typically Moctezuma or other tribal leader), the captains (usually consist of 2-4 and are Moctezuma's main generals), La Malinche or Malintzín, the Native or Mestizo woman; and El Toro, the malevolent comic man of the play (also symbolizes Satan, or the De...

2018年12月27日 · Bobby Hererra Jr. looks out beyond the tassels of his headdress decorated with images of the Virgin Mary and carries a wooden trident while dancing with Los Matachines de Alcalde in their annual...

2016年12月27日 · The fringed headdresses some believed pointed to a Moorish European influence (The Spaniards had conquered the Moors before coming to America to destroy the Indigenous peoples way of life). The dancers faces were covered in much the same way that Muslim women are veiled – only these brightly colored scarves were covered with roses.

2022年12月12日 · The costumes vary, as each part of the country has its own characteristic elements, i.e., there are dancers who use plumes, or high headdresses made with bright beads and ribbons, or just hats and handkerchiefs.

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2018年11月28日 · The dancers in these processions are known as “Matachines” and their outfits are made up of: a feather head piece, a vest, a skirt and sandals. They also carry a bow, rattles and a shield. This traditional dance may seem pre-Columbian but …

2017年9月6日 · This influence is most prominently seen in the tall, ornate headdresses worn with silk scarfs which cover the mouth and lower face and elaborately fringed scarves worn on the top of the head which cover the eyes.

1995年11月1日 · Los matachines denotes a traditional religious dance and the dancers, musicians, and elders who participate in it. Its roots go back to a type of widespread medieval sword dance called a morisca. Originally, the dances acted …