Session 3-Living Cultures: Genízaro Traditions Today-Performance

Las Inditas del Pueblo de Abiquiúare Genízaro community members from Abiquiú, New Mexico. Their intergenerational performance takes place at La Morada de Nuestra Señora de Dolores del Alto de Abiquiúand features five dances. The first, Nanillé, is considered a butterfly dance. It is followed by El águila, The Eagle, which is meant to convey a feeling of power and persistence as the dancers display bravery and agility. In El toro, The Bull, the dancers move forward with fierceness, stomping at the ground, announcing the bull’s fearlessness and confidence with great strength. This dance is followed by El coyote, The Coyote. It shows the coyote as sly but smart. He moves in the background and subtly makes his presence felt, weaving the team together. Finally, Las Inditas close with El baile del cementerio, The Dance of the Cemetery. This dance is in reverence to all the ancestors. The dancers make a cross shape and bow their heads in a moment of remembrance.