Sylvia Yvonne Rodriguez

The Matachines Dance: Ritual Symbolism and Interethnic Relations in the Upper Rio Grande Valley

The Matachines Dance: Ritual Symbolism and Interethnic Relations in the Upper Rio Grande Valley

Acequia: Water Sharing, Sanctity, And Place

The Matachines Dance, A Ritual Dance of the Indian Pueblos and Mexicano/Hispano Communities (Southwest Heritage)

The Matachines dance is a ritual drama performed on certain saint's days in Pueblo Indian and Mexicano/Hispano communities along the upper Rio Grande valley in New Mexico and elsewhere in the American Southwest. It derives from a genre of medieval European folk dramas symbolizing conflict between Ch...

The Matachines Dance: Ritual Symbolism and Interethnic Relations in the Upper Rio Grande Valley (Publications of the American Folklore Society. New Series)

The Matachines dance derives from a genre of medieval European folk dramas symbolising conflict between Christians and Moors. Spaniards brought it to the Americas as a vehicle for Christianising the Indians. In this book, Rodriguez explores the colourful, complex, and often enigmatic Matachines danc...

Jumping Jack

A beautiful story about how sometimes our worst moments may be the bridge to our dreams. . . In exchange for being able to live on Cedar Creek Farm, thirteen year old Sarah Baker's parents must train horses and students in the property owners' equestrian facility. After being born in North Carolina ...

Acequia: Water-sharing, Sanctity, And Place (Resident Scholar)

Every society must have a system for capturing, storing, and distributing water, a system encompassing both technology and a rationale for the division of this finite resource. Today, people around the world face severe and growing water scarcity, and everywhere this vital resource is ceasing to be ...