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LOS
MACHETEROS
The
Macheteros dance probably is the most famous dance of the Beni region
within and outside Bolivia. Its origins date from the colonial period.
Although it represents the resurrection of Christ and his Ascension to
Heaven the interpretation of the biblic history is strictly indigenous.
Each
dancer carries a wooden sword (tumoré ti yucuqui) in his right hand and
is dressed with a long white shirt with fringes. On the head they carry
a big headdress called progi and made of the feathers of the amazone
parabas bird. On the headdress they fix the leather of an amazonic
predator. The feet are covered with the seed of paichachíes, which also
serve as percussion instruments
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