The traditional dance group performs in the days after Christmas to offer up expressions of gratitude, prayer and good ...

Los Matachines de Alcalde performed their annual dance in front of St. Anne’s Catholic Church on Thursday. The tradition of the matachin dances dates back hundreds of years and has been carried down ...

It was a long time ago. In 1540, a party of Spanish conquistadors from Francisco Vasquez de Coronado’s expedition rode ...

Angélica Yañez Guillen gets goosebumps on her arms every time she sees Matachines, typical of northern Mexico, dance an homage to the Virgen de Guadalupe, a vital religious figure in that country.

FREMONT — In much the same spirit of their native Aztec ancestors had centuries ago, many Mexican-American members of the Catholic Church from throughout the area gathered to celebrate the traditional ...

Introduction : the beautiful dance of subjugation -- Taos Pueblo : Mestizaje and chile con candy -- Arroyo Seco : defended boundaries, precarious elites -- Picurís ...

FREMONT - St. Joseph and St. Ann’s nine-day novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe culminated on Dec. 12 with an elaborate procession of matachines dancers, who worshiped their way down Croghan Street to St.