Beautiful feathers, colorful attire and unique rhythm are some of the traits an Aztec dancer embodies. But this art form is more than a hobby, it is a duty — one which must be carried with utmost ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) – In the pantheon of Mexico's pre-Hispanic gods, most Aztec deities are depicted as brutal, blood-thirsty beings only appeased by human sacrifices. But Mexico's Templo Mayor museum on ...

Members of the Aztec dance troop, Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac, rehearse for the troupe's first theater performance, an original play about migrating to the Mexican border. It’s called ''Camine, Camine, ...

Ruby Marek and her family were crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and looking forward to the annual Mexica New Year celebration in San José, where Aztec dancers from all over the nation and from Mexico ...

One of the great comeback stories in dance – with one of the longest histories – can be found right here in the Bay Area, in San Jose. On culturally significant days of the year, performers from ...

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Dressed in traditional, hand-made regalia, Joselin Navarro-Cano joked with Michelle Ochoa, right, as Jackie Gomez, left, and other members of the Kalpulli KetzalCoutlique dance group prepared to ...

SAN JOSE — Aztec and Native American dancers in blazing, feathery regalia ushered in the Year of Two Rabbit with thousands of spectators at a city park under festival perfect skies this weekend. “I ...

The event is called the Aztec Dance (La Danza Azteca) and is mostly performed on weekends as a major tourist attraction of Mexican capital city. In its basic form it is a vibrant show with a lot of ...