Arizona republican., 1915-04-05
Weird Indian Ceremonial Set Amid Savage Scenes Commentaries Beautiful Easter Custom of Civil ized Brothers
SIX THOUSAND
 ATTEND DANCE
Guadaloupe Village Host to Hundreds of Motor Par ties Who Watch Interest ing Phases of Peculiar Celebration
fSnccial 10 The Republican,

G<, sand fanatic Yaqui Indians-the So- nora kind-with the most beautiful ceremony of civilized nations. Chris tianity's commemoration of Easter and you get the weird ceremonial that took place at Guadaloupe village. five miles southwest of here, Saturday night. While the Christian nations were ob- serving the day with elaborate church programs, fashion parades and other forms of celebrating the end of Lent, the half savage descendants of the mountain tribes of Old Mexico have been preparing their own form of puri- fication rites. a series of which will be brought to a close tomorrow night, after having lasted since Thursday morning.
 Probably nowhere except in the wild hills of New Mexico, where the only flagellants of the western hemisphere the Penitentes-observe their inhu- man ceremonials at the same time, is Easter so oddly celebrated.
 One of the greatest crowds of mixed nationalties that has ever been gath cred together on the south side was present Saturday night.
 It is estimated that between six and seven thousand people were present at the camp during the course of Satur- day and last night. Every mode Of travel-the auto, motorcycle, bicycle hayrack. horse and buggy and even old Footmobile-was represented at the gathering by residents from every
 Af @l.n n scene. the hundreds of vehicles clus- tered about, the thousands of people wandering to and fro about the Yaqui huts in an attempt to catch a glimpse of the dancers. and though the black ness of the night was made even black CT bv the clouds of dust overhanging, the occasion was one that few people today are sorry for having participated in.
 The annual celebration of the Yaquis commenced last Thursday and will ter minate this evening with prayer service at their mprovised place of worship in one of the miniature huts. During the course of that time there has been over a thousand Yaquis from every section of the valley present at the camp. and every individual has in one way and another played sig nificant part in the ceremony within the four days time.
 The activities surrounding the dance in which the visiting Americans were particularly interested, commenced Fri day evening with ceremony repre- senting the birth of Christ In the form of an idol the Christ headed parade about the village, and after the festivities were over he was returned to the position on the church altar.
 Saturday morning the ceremonies or tho day opened with the inflictiOn Of punishment upon the Jews, repre- scented in the dances by the fas- koles." the four dancers, who in turn carried out the antics of the deer, round and other animals.
 The scenes witnessed by the visitors at the camp Saturday night were more or less of the same variety. The Pas koles in their little hut. where only very limited number might witness their dance at the same time. was the center of attraction. Each of the danc- CTS wore SlnpuldT SdIp HioCNdSiiS oii the feet. a variety of rattlers about the legs and from the waist up they were naked over the face they wore the mask representing an animals face, generally the deer and hound.
 The "Matachin" dance, participated in by eighteen of the young bucks of the camp. was produced in front of the church Oniy an orphan may take part in the Matachin, and, like in the Pas kole dance, the honor bestowed upon the fellow who participates is great.
 This morning at daybreak another novel incident to the dance was the deer and hound chase. The member of the Paskole quartette, representing the deer, according to cutom, perfected his escape and immediately thereupon the hunt participated in by the other three members of his set was institut- cd The deer chose the underbrush about the camps as his hiding place, and after a half hours hunt he per fected his return to camp without de- tection.
 Today the lively celebrities of last night and early this morning are ab- sent The dancing ceased about 8 o'clock, and after a short rest the church service followed. The final ceremony takes place tonight with a prayer service and then the annual Easter dance is no more for another year.
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