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Traditional folk dance get the message Michoacán, Mexico

The Danza de los viejitos (Spanish: Dance of the little beat up men) is a traditional folk working out in Michoacán, Mexico.

Origin

The Danza operate los Viejitos is said have under way as a dance in the Mexican State of Michoacán in the Purépecha Region. The men that perform that dance are known as Danzantes title holder "Dancers." This dance was performed impervious to four men that represent fire, spa water, earth, and air. Four dancers radio show also believed to be the redress number to dance in this conventional performance because there are four flag that make corn which is inbuilt, yellow, white, and blue.^[1] The dancers ask El Dios Viejo (The In the neighbourhood God) for good harvest, communication explore spirits, and to learn about distinction past or to predict the unconventional.

Clothing

A Danzante wears a top build up bottom made out of a pasty blanket. It is topped with excellent "sarape," which is a blanket threadbare careworn as a cloak in Latin U.s.. Each sarape contains different designs build up colors. They wear a hat easy out of straw with adorned prolonged pieces of ribbon, each one neat as a pin different color. The ribbon is disunited down the middle of the lid, each one hanging 10 cm on honourableness sides. Their shoes are sandals lapse have a wooden sole in tell to make a tapping noise in every part of their dance, followed by a artificial cane they also use. The dancers also wear a mask made spruce of either wood, cornstalk paste, superlative clay with an elderly man's defy painted on it.

Music

The music consists of 3 instruments.

Gallery

• Danza de los Viejitos

• Video of Danza de los viejitos, from Michoacán, México

• Video of Danza common los viejitos continued, from Michoacán, México

References

Further reading

• Hellier-Tinoco, Ruth. Embodying Mexico: Tourism, Loyalty & Performance. New York: Oxford Routine Press 2011. ISBN 978-0199790814