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Embroidered ceremonial regalia

Traditional craft or ceremonial material documented in Danza de los Voladores (Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico).

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

Archival note & context

Embroidered ceremonial regalia is recorded in the Folkroom archive among the core materials of Danza de los Voladores in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico.

Totonac ritual ceremony in which four flyers descend headfirst by ropes from a thirty-metre rotating pole while the caporal plays flute and drum atop the mast.

Used in traditions

1
Danza de los Voladores
Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico · Dance
■■■□ Stable

Sources

1

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

SourcePublisherLicence
Danza de los Voladores — Primary Archival Dossier (Mexico)Representative List, 2009CC BY-SA 4.0
"Embroidered ceremonial regalia." Folkroom Archive (Materials), https://folkroom.org/materials/embroidered-ceremonial-regalia · CC BY-SA 4.0.