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The word matachines can translate to mean “clowning” or “trickery,” but can also mean “puppet player,” “jester,” and “buffoon.”
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.
In some towns Los Matachines perform their dance on Christmas, New Year’s Day, or the town’s patron saint’s day.
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 Laredo, Texas, the Matachines from the Ladrillera barrio venerate the Holy Cross and La Virgen de Guadalupe as their patron saint.