A Treasury of Mexican Folkways: The Customs, Myths, Folklore, Traditions, Beliefs, Fiestas, Dances, and Songs of the Mexican People |
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adorned altar animals asked Aztec beautiful birds bride bull bullfighting called candles carnival carry ceremony chaacs Chalma charros Chiapas church clay cloth colors Conquest corn costumes cotton cross dance dancers dead deer dressed drink drum embroidered father fiesta fire flowers girls godparents gods gourd groom groups head Holy horses Huichols huipils incense Jalisco Juan leave live maguey Matachines Mayas Mexican Mexico City Michoacán morning mother musicians natives Nayarit night Oaxaca offerings Otomí pagan painted parents petate peyote pieces plants play pottery pray prayers priest primitive Puebla pulque region ribbons ritual saints Señor serapes shaman sing soldiers sometimes songs souls Spaniards Spanish sticks takes place tamales Tarahumaras Tarascan torero tortillas tree village Virgin Virgin of Guadalupe wear wedding woman women Yaquis Yucatán Zapotecs