Edinburg Folklorico Dance Team "Danza de los Guaguas de Papantla Veracruz"

For religious and secular events, two dances are definitive of Papantla. According to Totonac myth, the gods told men "Dance, and we shall observe. The Dance of the Guaguas (also spelled Huahuas) is mostly performed by Totonacs but also by some groups of Nahuas and Huastecs who live in this area. It is a variant of the Dance of the Quetzales. The dance represents a survival of beliefs based on agricultural and the solar year. One essential element of the dance is the construction of a wooden cross which turns in a vertical position, representing the basis of creation and the genesis of cosmic life. Dancers dress in red pants, which have been elaborately embroidered, white shirts and a decorated cloth that goes across the chest. But the most distinctive apparel is the headdress, with is a large circle of woven ribbons with loose ends hanging around down the back. The dance movements involve the stomping with the boots that dancers wear.

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• Totonac
• Edinburg Folklorico
• Guaguas
• huahuas
• danza
• Veracruz
• Papantla
• Edinburg
• Folklorico
• Mexican Dance
• Huahuas
• Huasteca
• Nahuas
• Quetzales
• Voladores
• Mexico

[borntodance1988]

Yes. It's the Edinburg Parks and Recreation Folklorico Dance Team. Its the beginner and performing class.

[Ortihum16]

is that really parks and recs??