December 12 is a special day for Catholics and the Hispanic community, marking the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Across Wichita, families came together to honor the day ...
From a childhood tradition of enjoying a special taco dinner to performing Matachines (a traditional Indigenous dance) ...
The dance marking the day of the Virgen de Guadalupe began with a clap of thunder from a drum in El Paso’s historic Segundo Barrio. Matachines dance dates back to just after the arrival of the Spanish ...
A binational celebration to honor the Virgin of Guadalupe took place Saturday in the city's historic downtown.
Los Matachines de Alcalde performed their annual dance in front of St. Anne’s Catholic Church on Thursday. The tradition of the matachin dances dates back hundreds of years and has been carried down ...
Gloria Flores (right) and other members of Danza Chichimeca San Miguel de Arcángel run through dress rehearsal for celebrations of Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe ceremonies, which are Saturday. The ...
The ability to trace your lineage back to its ancestral roots is powerful. And for over 30 years, the Matachines de Ciudad Juárez, also known as Danza del Carrizo, have been honoring and preserving ...
Angélica Yañez Guillen gets goosebumps on her arms every time she sees Matachines, typical of northern Mexico, dance an homage to the Virgen de Guadalupe, a vital religious figure in that country.
FREMONT — In much the same spirit of their native Aztec ancestors had centuries ago, many Mexican-American members of the Catholic Church from throughout the area gathered to celebrate the traditional ...
More than 700 colorful matachines took to the streets near Mission Concepción on Sunday to celebrate the Immaculate Conception, some garbed in bright dresses and tall, feathered plumes as music from ...
Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Meliton Medina died at his home in Canova on June 10 — which means the world just lost some sweet music, friends ...
La Danza de Matachines brought close to 600 dancers to the Feast of Mission Concepción on Sunday. Dancers in colorful costumes came from area parishes, an intertribal Native American group and other ...