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There are dances in which the Indian represents how he repelled the Spaniards. We call it the "Dance of the Conquest." The Indians put on white or red masks to represent the Spaniards. The Spaniards have horses and the Indians fight them with the weapons of the people -- machetes, stones. So they have a battle. And they do it as a dance. I liked ... the "Dance of the Conquest" very much because it gives an exact meaning to what Indians think about the Conquest. |
| Man's costume for the Dance of the Conquistadores from Chichicastenango | Text by Rigoberta Menchú, 'I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala " |
Photographic image by Barbara Layne |