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DID YOU KNOW?
FACTS & FICTION WITH A MEXICAN TWIST
MAY 2004
Did You Know That...
...dancers performing the Quetzal Dance wear headdresses up to five feet across?
The Quetzal Dance. Photo by Tony Burton.
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The Quetzal Dance is one of the most colorful folkloric dances anywhere in the country. It is also thought to be one of the most ancient. Both the dance and the spectacular headdresses worn by those taking part are thought to pre-date the Conquest, perhaps by hundreds of years.
The headdresses represent the extravagant colors of the quetzal bird, a sacred bird of the Maya. The resplendent quetzal, as it is called by ornithologists, sports long green tail plumes that grow up to four feet (1.2 meters) in length. These feathers were highly prized by many ancient peoples, especially the Aztecs of central Mexico, who...
There are not many quetzal birds left today, with most hopes for the bird's long term survival pinned on the Quetzal Reserve in Guatemala, where a large area of cloud forest...
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