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In this instance the tradition here is closely related to the Yaqui and Mayo 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.
There is documentation of the Matachines dance performed during church fiestas and funerals by the Tarahumara Indians of northern Mexico.
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.
The Danza de los Matachines is probably the only ritual dance that is danced by both Hispanic and Native American communities in New Mexico.