Yaqui Deer Dance- San Carlos, Sonora Mexico

This Yaqui Deer Dancer came into the restaurant in San Carlos, and with his permission, I shot this dance. The rattles on his legs symbolize the insect world.
"It is hard to go far in the borderlands country of Arizona and Sonora without encountering images of the Yaqui deer dancer. Fixed in bronze and larger than life, he stands as a public monument in Ciudad Obregon. Travel posters, hotel directories, salsa bottles, even the official seal of the state of Sonora feature his image. Yet even when he cavorts wildly in the interpretive motions of one folk dance troupe or another, he is mute. What speaks are the political and economic motives that cluster around him. He is the aboriginal connection of the politicians, the romantic lure of the ad man, the borderlands equivalent, in many ways, to the warbonneted Plains Indian horseman of the wild west.
To all Yaqui Indian people, the deer dancer is "little brother," and when he dances for them he has a voice. The voice speaks to all who attend a deer dance through the songs to which the dancer moves. The songs of the deer singer are the voice of the deer. In them, as one deer singer puts it, "he does not talk, but he talks in an enchanted way."

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• sonora
• sonoran
• san
• carlos
• yaqui
• indians
• deer
• dance
• mexico

[taragolden]

just want to note that i understand that their are differing views on this video and im willing to have them posted as long as people dont get abusive and start using profanity and name calling.. those comments will be deleted.

[unshodpony]

YOU GOT PERMISSION CAUSE THESE GUYS ARE IDIOTS HAHAHAHAHAHA...THATS NOT A "YAQUI" DEER DANCE,YOU GOT HOODWINKED HAHAHAHAHA

[taragolden]

@unshodpony i'm open to hear from you.. i did hear that it was a "commercialized" version of it, but i'm pretty sure the two guys was native americans, as they didnt speak spanish..but maybe they were not yaqui..

[kurikitakatin69]

@taragolden no....Actually they are yaqui!! .... but what you see is another tradition called "Fariseos" ... and it is not commercialized "version of deer dance, they represent the oppression of Spain in Mexico, because of it they use a mask are the hangmen of the people, they ask for the money, symbolize the taxes that an enslaved people were paying. The Deer head on the top!, well that´s to attract tourists Thanks...XD

[taragolden]

@kurikitakatin69 thanks for the info. i appreciate you stopping by.

[franknilop]

was that bill cosby? and if so, why is he so indian shy?

[taragolden]

@franknilop  ha ha, i noticed he doesnt seem too interested...

[noelmaster1]

goooooodddd jooob i likkkkeeeee itttt

[brutharamon]

I am glad you enjoyed this dance. I am also glad that you have respect for native culture. I must say that these street performers are not authentic. They are just street performers trying to earn a buck Pascua Yaqui

[ToastyFB]

@theSTAR70 No I'm from guad, And this is not even Yaqui, nor do we allow anyone to take photos or videos of us. There are stupid people. Not even Yaqui Mayos, and they're the worse of the Yaqui

[ToastyFB]

No these are not Yaqui. Not even Yaqui Masso nor Yaqui Mayo. They're judos i think.

[dulce94333]

OMG THAT IS SOOOOO NOT THE YAQUI DEER DANCE SO FREAKEN FAKE MAN THAT IUS EMBARRASING

[kurikitakatin69]

@taragolden no....Actually they are yaqui!! .... but what you see is another tradition called "Fariseos" ... and it is not commercialized "version of deer dance, they represent the oppression of Spain in Mexico, because of it they use a mask are the hangmen of the people, they ask for the money, symbolize the taxes that an enslaved people were paying. The Deer head on the top!, well that´s to attract tourists Thanks...XD

[unshodpony]

@Elyery no im just right....Thats not a Yaqui Deer Dance...