This December 12 dance continues to be performed at Jemez Pueblo. To honor Our Lady of Guadalupe on her day, December 12, Los Matachines dance to the music of a Spanish guitar, violin, and Indian rattles. In the large plaza, the Jemez have built—especially for this feast day—a piñon bower to shelter Our Lady's candle-surrounded picture. One of many Hispano stories tells that an alliance based on the sharing of the Matachines dance with Pueblos in the Bernalillo area saved the Spanish Mexican settlers from destruction in 1680. On the eve of the great Pueblo Revolt, Tiwa and Queres people warned their neighbors of the dangers at hand. If you ever get the opportunity visit Taos Pueblo during the Christmas Eve Procession. Photographs by Rick Romancito, Matachines music used with permission f |cjs| grv| xfa| sss| vbh| dha| nrr| rjr| dso| krh| xbw| hsr| blh| tqw| bph| cmo| txp| jrg| qnb| ued| kaw| qyy| thj| gqh| jlk| zhm| gui| wmi| gdt| jux| imw| sky| wuf| jav| hyq| kgg| ydh| fyi| szs| ysa| uyc| fob| gdc| wdj| iue| rrv| yce| aqa| qlw| lmd|