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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.
The word matachines can translate to mean “clowning” or “trickery,” but can also mean “puppet player,” “jester,” and “buffoon.”
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.
In this instance the tradition here is closely related to the Yaqui and Mayo matachines.
In Laredo, Texas, the Matachines from the Ladrillera barrio venerate the Holy Cross and La Virgen de Guadalupe as their patron saint.