Huitzilopochtli

[mario e. aguilar]

Many "new age" Danza Azteca groups will "translate" Nahuatl into what 
ever they feel is cool.

There is a whole sub-culture of psuedo-Nahuatl language "experts" that 
mix what they think is  mesoamerican culture with UFOism,
Nostradamus worship, and political ideology to create "our ancient 
Mexi'ca ways."

No amount of scholarly "error pointing" will change their minds; those 
of us who try to use logic, reason, and empirical data to understand 
indigenous culture, language and spirituality are seen by these fringe 
groups (which I gently call my Mexi'ca Nazi brothers), as eur-centric 
sell-outs.

Or on the otherhand they could be a dance group of the "purely 
comemercial" world.  For these groups the more outreageous the claimi to 
their Aztec blood; the  more athletic and showy their dancing, the more 
they can charge......



Neither of these groups have any real /"esencia/" or /"tradicion"/"  in 
what we know today as La Danza Azteca-Chichimeca-Conchera
of central Mexico.


I live for reasoned, enlightened spirituality:

"Tlacecelilli", tranquilidad, paz


Mario E. Aguilar, PhD
www.mexicayotl.net



On 6/30/2010 9:13 AM, ANTHONY APPLEYARD wrote:
> --- On Wed, 30/6/10, Leeming, Ben <b.leeming at rivers.org> wrote:
> >  Piyali listeros, here’s an interesting one that has me scratching 
> my head.
> >  I just read the following in an article from the Woodburn (OR) 
> Independent online:
> >   WOODBURN — Woodburn’s local Aztec dance group, Danza Azteca 
> Huitzilopochtli,
> > provided a feast for the senses in their performance at Library Park 
> on June 24.
> > The group’s name, Huitzilopochtli, is a Nahuatl word meaning 
> “strength of your will.”
> > (emphasis mine)
> > I can’t for the life of me discern how “strength of your will” comes 
> from Huitzilopochtli...
> > Any thoughts where this might have come from?
> >  Here’s the link:  
> http://www.woodburnindependent.com/news/2010/June/29/News.Briefs/local.aztec.dance.group.to.perform.june.24/news.aspx
>
> Random guesswork and writing whatever they like to advertize their 
> group, likeliest.
>
> Someone better write to them pointing out their error.
>
> Citlalyani.
>
>
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