Despite living in a gorgeous location, sometimes boredom
sets in when you haven’t left town in awhile. Last week I was excited to get
out of Kino to the capital of the state, Hermosillo, to
support one of the staff at an event. She is a member of a dance group in town
that performs traditional Sonoran
(the Mexican state I live in) dances. There was an exhibition in the city with
performers from all over the area. The groups were usually male and female, and
dancers were as young as about 5 to people in their 70’s! The performances took
place on the walkway outside the library so that both the audience sitting on
the steps and the drivers passing by could get a good look. It was really cool
to see everyone all dressed up. The women wear elaborate dresses that have tons
of extra fabric. As they move they are constantly swinging their arms around in
a graceful manner that looks kind of like a butterfly fluttering about. The
dress that our friend wore used about 20m of fabric to make! There is a
definitely a Spanish influence in the dresses and the men dress as vaqueros (cowboys). Some of the dances
even seem like country line dancing which I found pretty amusing.
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| Lily Dancing |
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| The Kino Dance Group |
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| Vaquero's dance |
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