Example sentences for: matachines

How can you use “matachines” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The word matachines can translate to mean “clowning” or “trickery,” but can also mean “puppet player,” “jester,” and “buffoon.”

  • See also El Coco; El Cucui; El Kookoóee; Los Matachines

  • Similar to the dance-drama of Los Moros y Cristianos, the dance of Los Matachines was taught to the subjugated Indians by the Spanish missionaries as a custom to celebrate on Christian feast days but also as a means of converting them to Catholicism.

  • The Danza de los Matachines is probably the only ritual dance that is danced by both Hispanic and Native American communities in New Mexico.

  • In this instance the tradition here is closely related to the Yaqui and Mayo matachines.


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