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Carved colorín wood mask

Documented in the archive in connection with Danza de los Viejitos (Jarácuaro, Michoacán, Mexico).

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Classification
Material
Origin / Scope
Mexico
Connected Rooms
1 Tradition
Bibliography
1 Source

Archival note & context

Carved colorín wood mask is attested in the primary archival record for Danza de los Viejitos in Jarácuaro, Michoacán, Mexico.

Originating on the island and lakeshore village of Jarácuaro on Lake Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, the Danza de los Viejitos ('Dance of the Little Old Men') honours Tata Jurhiata, the Purépecha sun god.

Performers wear smiling rosy-cheeked wood or corn-paste masks, woven palm hats trailing colourful ribbons, and wooden-soled huaraches that turn the stage into a percussion instrument.

Associated traditions

1
Danza de los Viejitos
Jarácuaro, Michoacán, Mexico · Dance
■■■■ Thriving

Sources

1

What’s on this page is sourced from the citation below.

SourcePublisherLicence
Danza de los Viejitos — Folkroom Primary Archive Dossier (Mexico)National InventoryCC BY-SA 4.0
"Carved colorín wood mask." Folkroom Archive (Materials), https://folkroom.org/materials/carved-colorin-wood-mask · CC BY-SA 4.0.