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Bottom of the Pole - Dance of the Flyers - Guatemala #79332176
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Los Voladores (the Flyers) is a 1500 year-old rite sacred to Quetzalcoatl, the Morning Star. From its origins on the Gulf coast of Mexico, the ritual spread throughout Mesoamerica: a special square was reserved for it in Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, and a variant is still known among the Quiche' Maya in Guatemala. Here, the Palo de los Voladores tradional folkloric dance is performed in Gu
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