CONVITE
MASK
USED IN THE MAYAN RITUAL DANCES
DANCE OF THE CONQUEST
THE DANCE OF THE MOORS AND CHRISTIANS
BAILE TIPICA
MALINCHE
THE WOMAN WHO HELPED CORTES CONTROL VARIOUS AZTEC AND MAYAN INDIAN NATIONS
DONA MARINA
LA MALINCHE
TRAVELED WITH CORTES AS HE CONQUERED MEXICO
SHE IS PRESENT IN MANY DANCES
SHE IS CONSIDERED THE MOTHER OF MESTIZO ( EUROPEAN - AMERICAN INDIANS ) LATIN AMERICAN RACE
SHE TOOK PART IN THE SPANISH CONQUEST AND GAVE BIRTH TO ONE OF CORTES'S CHILDREN - SHE WAS A TRANSLATOR - A VERY INFLUENTIAL PERSON
BUT IS SEEN AS A PROSTITUTE WHO SOLD HER COUNTRY TO THE CONQUISTADORES
TO BE CALLED A MALINCHISTA IS TO BE CALLED A LOVER OF FOREIGNERS AND A TRAITOR
CONVITE
THIS IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE PRE-DANCE MASKED CHARACTER WHO GO AROUND THE VILLAGE ASKING FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO HELP PAY FOR THE DANCE AND COMING FESTIVAL
FROM THE TOMAS BUCHAN MORERIA IN CHICHICASTENANGO - SOLOLA
LAKE ATITLAN
MORERIAS
A MORERIA REPAIRS AND RENTS MASKS AND COSTUMES USED IN TOWN AND VILLAGE FESTIVALS TO LOCAL MAYA DANCE GROUPS
A GREAT AND RARE COLLECTOR PIECE
WONDERFUL VINTAGE
PATINA
CONSISTANT WITH AGE
MAYA QUICHE FROM QUICHE
CARVED AROUND 1940
MADE OF WOOD AND HAND PAINTED
IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION
WITH THE USUAL SCRAPES THAT COMES WITH YEARS OF USE
MAYA RITUAL DANCES
CHARLEMAGNE AND THE 12 PAIRS OF FRANCE
OR
DANCE OF THE MOORS AND CHRISTIANS
MORE THAN SIX CENTURIES PASSED BETWEEN CHARLEMAGNE AND THE SPANISH CONQUEST OF THE NEW WORLD
BUT TO THE SPANISH THE ROMANTIC DEEDS AND THE RECOVERING THE HOLY RELICS OF CHRISTIANITY FROM THE BARBARIANS MINGLED WITH STORIES WHEN CHRISTIANS FOUGHT AGAINST THE MOORS RELATED TO THE NEW WORLD
TO THE SPANISH ANY NON CHRISTIAN WAS A PAGAN AND IN THE NEW WORLD WHERE THE BATTLE WAS BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND THE INDIAN RELIGION THE LEGEND FELL UPON FERTILE GROUND
THE SPANISH PRIESTS BROUGHT THE DANCE - DRAMA INSPIRED BY THESE LEGENDS WITH THEM FROM SPAIN
ADDED TO IT THE RICH TRADITIONS OF THE MAYA INDIANS THEMSELVES AND USED IT TO CONVERT THE MAYA INDIANS
THE DEER DANCE
LA DANZA DEL VENADO
BEFORE THE CONQUEST THE DEER DANCE WAS A RITUAL DANCE OF THE HUNT. IN IT, GOD WAS ASKED PERMISSION FOR THE HUNT AND HIS PROTECTION WAS IMPLORED. AT TIMES THE DANCE WAS CONSIDERED A SACRIFICE TO GOD
THE DANCE OF THE CONQUEST
THIS DANCE DEPICTS THE CONQUEST OF GUATEMALA BY THE SPANISH IN 1524
THE DANCE SHOWS A SERIES OF EVENTS - THE WARNING TO THE OLD KING OF UTATLAN THAT THE SPANISH FORCES ARE ON THERE WAY TO THE QUICHE KINGDOM - THE PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE IN XELAJU SITE OF THE PALACE OF THE YOUNG KING TECUN UMAN AND THE KILLING OF TECUN BY ALVARADO AND THE INDIANS ACCEPTING CHRISTIANITY
DANCE OF THE TORITO
THE BULL IS DRESSED IN ELABORATE CONQUEST TYPE CAPE - SHIRT AND PANTS AND STRUTS PROUDLY
THE OTHER CHARACTERS WEAR SPANIARD FACE MASKS AND COSTUMES - SIMILAR TO THOSE WORN IN THE DANCE OF THE CONQUEST
A WOMAN WEARING A " MALINCHE " MASK ALSO USED IN THE DANCE OF THE CONQUEST CARRIES A SMALL BASKET TO COLLECT MONEY TO HELP FINANCE THE RITUAL DANCE FESTIVITIES
DANCE OF THE MEXICANS
A VERY POPULAR DANCE BECAUSE ITS LIVELY MUSIC IS PROVIDED BY THE MARIMBA A FAVORITE INSTRUMENT OF CENTRAL AMERICA
THE " BAILE DE LOS MEXICANOS " IS A DANCE REPRESENTING WHAT THE GUATEMALAN MAYA INDIANS CONSIDER A MEXICAN FIESTA
BEGAN IN GUATEMALA AROUND 1940
BAILE TIPICA
IN LATE NOVEMBER IN THE VILLAGE OF ZUNIL THE MAYA INDIANS CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF SANTA CATALINA
THREE DANCE GROUPS PERFORM
TWO IN TRADITIONAL MASKS AND COSTUMES AND ONE IN WESTERN TYPE COSTUMES
SIZE
WIDTH - 6 1/8 "
LENGTH - 7 1/8 "
FRONT TO BACK - 4 1/4 "
MASKING
MASKING IS A WORLD WIDE PHENOMENON. BEGINNING IN PREHISTORIC TIMES. CAVE PAINTING FIGURES HAVE BEEN FOUND WEARING MASKS. MASKING CONTINUES TODAY ALL OVER THE WORLD PLAYING IMPORTANT SOCIAL, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS AND ENTERTAINING ROLES
IN THE RURAL VILLAGES OF GUATEMALA MASKS AND MASK CARVING HAS LONG BEEN A PART OF MAYA LIFE. FOR MANY GENERATIONS MAYA ARTISTS HAVE CREATED AND CARVED A VARIETY OF MASKS -- SAINTS - DEITIES - MAN - WOMEN - AND ANIMALS. USING DIFFERENT WOODS AND PAINTING THEM IN VARIOUS COLORS TO BE USED IN DIFFERENT CEREMONIES AND DANCES
MAYAN EXCELLENCE IN ART
MAYA
THE BEST KNOW OF THE PRE-CONQUEST INDIAN CIVILIZATIONS OF THE PRESENT CENTRAL AMERICAN AREA ARE THE MAYA. THOUGHT TO HAVE EVOLVED IN A PERIOD IN THE PACIFIC HIGHLANDS OF GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR BETWEEN 1500 BC AND 100 AD. THE MAYA CIVILIZATION WAS BASED ON INDEPENDENT AND ANTAGONISTIC CITY STATES. FAR FROM BEING THE PEACEFUL CEREMONIAL CENTERS, THEY WERE WARRING ADVERSARIES, STRIVING TO CAPTURE VICTIMS FOR SACRIFICE. ROYAL BLOOD BEING THE MOST PRECIOUS OFFERING THAT COULD BE MADE TO THE GODS
ALONGSIDE THE PREOCCUPATION WITH BLOOD WAS AN ARTISTIC TRADITION RICH IN CEREMONY, FOLKLORE AND DANCE. THEIR TOOLS AND WEAPONS WERE FLINT AND HARD STONE , OBSIDIAN AND FIRE-HARDENED WOOD
THE ANCIENT MAYA MADE EXQUISITE MASKS FROM CLAY, STONE, WOOD, GOLD, JADE, OBSIDIAN AND SHELL
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