THE TOCOTINES
THE TOCOTINES. The dance represents the visit of Cortés to Moctezuma, accompanied by his courts and groups of vassals, the plot of the dance is the petition of Hernán Cortés
SONES AND CHILENAS OF GUERRERO AND OAXACA
SONES AND CHILENAS OF GUERRERO AND OAXACA. The Zamacueca or Chilena, like much of the Creole music of Latin America, has roots in the Spanish Fandango both in the choreographic
THE MARIACHI WITHOUT TRUMPET FROM THE COCA REGION
THE MARIACHI WITHOUT TRUMPET FROM THE COCA REGION. "The mariachi without trumpets": would be redundancy to the suggestive word; if with this we did not want to remind our youth,
YALALTEC DANCES
YALALTEC DANCES. Villa Hidalgo, head of the municipality of Hidalgo Yalalag in the State of Oaxaca, is one of the most populous towns in the mountains. The Villa's hamlet extends
THE HUAPANGO
THE HUAPANGO. It is believed that the word "huapango" is of Nahuatl origin and that it expresses "on the stage" or "dance on the stage". It is also believed to
Carnival Dances — Volume II
Bailes y danzas de carnaval — Volume II (Carnival Dances), released by the National Fund for the Development of Mexican Folk Dance (FONADAN), brings together musical recordings of two traditional
DANCES OF THE LAKE REGION OF THE STATE OF MICHOACAN
DANCES OF THE LAKE REGION OF THE STATE OF MICHOACAN. The disc is made up of two “dances”. The first, called Fishing: In late times, as religions evolved, and also
