The masks served to conceal the wearer's soul, appearance, and personality, and changed the wearer into a mystical state in order to interact with the supernatural and affect the mighty forces of nature in pre-Hispanic cultures. Masks, on the other hand, should not be viewed in isolation. It is necessary to study them in context in order to comprehend their role. Mask-wearing dances must be examined and analyzed in order to comprehend the mask's significance. Historic dances functioned as a means of passing along major events that impacted the communities to future generations while also keeping the memory of those events alive.
The legend of a wild, man-eating beast stalking and killing a series of domestic animals with a whip is depicted in the Danza de los Tecuanes. Villagers had to defend themselves against the animals that would pass through their hamlet, threatening to consume their food supplies. These wild beasts could not be stopped because they were too strong, clever, and powerful. The most powerful wild beast of them all was given the name "Tecuán" by the villagers. The animal survived no matter how many attempts a villager made to kill it. The villagers were worried, so they turned to the Lord of the Mountain for help. He agreed to take on the job in exchange for a large sum of money. He realized the deed would need more than one person after several failed tries. He persuaded the other villagers to assist him.
They pretended to be stones, trees, and animals. The real animals would be placed in the center of the circle each night, with the disguised villagers forming a circle around them. When the Tecuán arrived to attack one of the animals, the villagers disguised themselves and surrounded the wild beast, killing it as a group. They rejoiced in its demise by staging an eight-day festival to commemorate it. They used dancing to retell the arduous story of their triumph.
A pig, goat, donkey, rabbit, bull, rooster, or other domestic animal is generally masked as one of the eight dancers in the dance. At least two of them are dressed as shotgun hunters. The Tecuán, the main dancer, stalks, captures, and kills each animal with his whip. During this time, the wild beast attacks unsuspecting members of the audience. Because no single hunter could bring down the jaguar on his own, he is pursued by a group of hunters. The wounded animals are attended to by a dancer disguised as a healer. The hunters eventually shoot the tecuán and haul it away. During Lent and during provincial fairs, the dance is commonly performed. The dancer must stare through the lips because the Tecuán mask does not have eye holes. The performance is choreographed to the sounds of flutes and drums. The dangers of being a farmer in a finely balanced ecosystem, as well as the standards of morality for that location, are depicted in an interpretation of the dance.
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