Matachines Dance (Revised)
Rodriguez, Sylvia / Rodrguez, Sylvia![Matachines Dance (Revised)](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/319/31969242/CHSBZCOP0331969242.jpg)
The Matachines dance is a ritual drama performed on certain saint's days in Pueblo Indian and Mexicano/Hispano communities along the upper Río Grande valley in New Mexico and elsewhere in the American Southwest. It derives from a genre of medieval European folk dramas symbolizing conflict between Christians and Moors. Spaniards brought it to the Americas as a vehicle for Christianizing the Indians. In this book, Rodríguez explores the colorful...