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Many "new age" Danza Azteca groups will "translate" Nahuatl into what
ever they feel is cool.<br>
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There is a whole sub-culture of psuedo-Nahuatl language "experts" that
mix what they think is mesoamerican culture with UFOism, <br>
Nostradamus worship, and political ideology to create "our ancient
Mexi'ca ways." <br>
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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.<br>
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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......<br>
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Neither of these groups have any real <i>"esencia</i>" or <i>"tradicion"</i>"
in what we know today as La Danza Azteca-Chichimeca-Conchera<br>
of central Mexico.<br>
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<font color="#999999">I live for reasoned, enlightened spirituality:<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"><font color="#999999">"Tlacecelilli", tranquilidad, paz
Mario E. Aguilar, PhD
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.mexicayotl.net">www.mexicayotl.net</a></font>
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On 6/30/2010 9:13 AM, ANTHONY APPLEYARD wrote:
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valign="top">--- On Wed, 30/6/10, Leeming, Ben
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:b.leeming@rivers.org"><b.leeming@rivers.org></a> wrote:<br>
> Piyali listeros, here’s an interesting one that has me scratching
my head. <br>
> I just read the following in an article from the Woodburn (OR)
Independent online:<br>
> WOODBURN — Woodburn’s local Aztec dance group, Danza Azteca
Huitzilopochtli,<br>
> provided a feast for the senses in their performance at Library
Park on June 24.<br>
> The group’s name, Huitzilopochtli, is a Nahuatl word meaning
“strength of your will.”<br>
> (emphasis mine)<br>
> I can’t for the life of me discern how “strength of your will”
comes from Huitzilopochtli... <br>
> Any thoughts where this might have come from?<br>
> Here’s the link:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.woodburnindependent.com/news/2010/June/29/News.Briefs/local.aztec.dance.group.to.perform.june.24/news.aspx">http://www.woodburnindependent.com/news/2010/June/29/News.Briefs/local.aztec.dance.group.to.perform.june.24/news.aspx</a><br>
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Random guesswork and writing whatever they like to advertize their
group, likeliest.<br>
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Someone better write to them pointing out their error.<br>
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Citlalyani.<br>
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