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The word matachines can translate to mean “clowning” or “trickery,” but can also mean “puppet player,” “jester,” and “buffoon.”
El abuelo is also a prominent figure in the dance of Los Matachines, and plays a comical role in which he makes jokes and shouts out instructions to the rest of the dancers.
Matachines refers to the men who dance as a group; the group is composed usually of twelve men, but can have from ten to fourteen.
See also El Coco; El Cucui; El Kookoóee; Los Matachines
There is documentation of the Matachines dance performed during church fiestas and funerals by the Tarahumara Indians of northern Mexico.