Mexican Mask, Leather , Folk Art, Tiger, Ethnographic For Sale

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Mexican Mask, Leather , Folk Art, Tiger, Ethnographic :
$313.00

Add a unique pieceof Mexican art to your collection with this new Jaguar helmetmask.

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The Dance ofthe Tigers (Jaguars), or the Fight of the Tigers, is a rite performed toencourage rain and is common in Nahua localities in the central region of thestate of Guerrero, such a Alcátlan and Zitala. Large numbers of local peopleparticipate in this feline dance dressed like tigers; they box and snap at eachother. The impressive ceremony is traditionally celebrated around the Feast ofthe Holy Cross, between May 2 and May 5 and is intended to provoke the cloudsto rain on the cornfields. The contenders fight fiercely because, according to aNahua proverb, “the more blood thetigers shed, the more rain therewill be for the germination of the seeds.”

Weight:1.85 lb. (0.84 kg).

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