A Treasury of Mexican FolkwaysAn extensive listing of Mexican religious beliefs, ceremonies, folk arts, fiestas and holidays, music and dance, songs and dance music, and myths and folktales. |
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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 concheros Conquest corn costumes coyote cross Cruz dance dancers dead deer dressed drink drum embroidered father fiesta flowers girl godparents gods gourd groups head Holy horse huapangos Huichol huipils incense Jalisco Jarabe Juan killed live llorona maguey masks Matachines Mayas Mexican Mexico City Michoacán mother musicians natives Nayarit night Oaxaca offerings Otomí pagan painted parents pascolas petate peyote plants play pottery pray prayers priest primitive Puebla pulque region ribbons ritual saints Santo Señor serapes shaman sing soldiers sometimes songs souls Spaniards Spanish Tarahumaras Tarascan Tepoztecatl torero tortillas tree village Virgin Virgin of Guadalupe wear wedding woman women Yaqui Yucatán Zapotec