Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-07
FAQUI BRAVES IN
 WEIRD EASTER DANCE
Unique Celebration Held Near Tempe Is Attended By Many Spectators Who Are Thrilled By BarbariC Display.

TEMPE, April 6.-Mix over thou sand fanatic Yaqui lndians-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 tooA place at Guadalupe village i've miles southwest of here. Satur.
 lay night. While the Christian ma lions were observing the day with elaborate church programs. fashion parades and other formes of Celebrat- | ing the end of Lent. the half savage lecendents of Che mountain tribes of Old Mexico have been preparing their own form of puriicatiou rites, a series
 of which will be brought to a close tomorrow night after having lasted
 ince Thursday morning
 Probably nowhere, except in the i'd hills Of New Mexico. where the 1 jnly flaEellants of the western hemis. jnere the penitents- observe theh nhuman ceremonials at the same
 -ime, is Easter SO oddly celebrated.
 N'AAN NA NAAA rA NnNHnN VI AhN AAn NA AlAAhEN
 lationalities that has ever been gath
 red together on the' south side va present Saturday night
 It is estimated that between six anl
 even thousand people were present lt the camp during the course of Saturday and last night Every mode jf tIafel-the auto, mot0rcycle bicy
 ,le, hayrack, horse and buggy anC wen old foormobile-was represented lt Che gathering by residents iron | every point of the valley It was novel scene. Che hundreds of vehicle l clustered about the thousands of peo | jle wandering to and fro about ths aqUi huts in an attempt to catcl | glimpse of the dancers. and though he blackness of the night was madC ! sven blackcr by the clouds of dust | 1verhanging the occasion was one
 hat few people today arc sorry lot
 aviug participated in.
 The annual celebration Of the Va l luis commenced last Thursday anc l will terminate this evening with prayer service at their improyiseG
 place of worship in one of the minia, .ure huts. During the course of that | .ime there has been over a thousand ! Iaquic from every section of the val ley present at the camp, and every ! individual has in one way and anoth CT played a significant part in the | ceremony within the four days time The activities surrounding the dance in which the visiting Ameri | cans were particularly interested, l commenced Friday evening with a l ceremony representing the birth of | Christ In the form of an idol. the ! Christ headed a parade about the yil-
 lage, and after the festivities were over he was returned to the position | on the church altar
 Saturday morning the ceremonies 1 Of the day opened with the in1icGoL
 of punishment upon the Jews. re- presented in the dances by the Pas ! Eolcs.' the four dancers. who in turn carried out the antics of the deer. ! hound and other animals
 ! The scenes witnessed by Che visit
 ors at the camp Saturday night were | more or less of the same variety. The l PaskOlcs in their little hut, where | only a very limited number might
 witnessed their dance at the same ] time was the center of attraction
 Each of the dancers wore a singular l garb, moccasius on the feet, a variety
 or rattlers about the legs and from
 thc waist up they were naked Over
 the face they wore the mask repre-
 sentiug an animals face, generally
 Che deer and hound
 The "Matachin' dance, participated
 in by eighteen of thc young bucks of ' the camp, was produced in front of
 the church. Only an orphan may take
 part in the Matachn, and, like in the ] Paskole dance, the honor bestowed
 upon the fellow who participates is
 great
 This morning at daybreuk another novel incident to the dance vas the ] tt,r and hounG cha8H The usmbrr ot the ?asFole ,tartcttc, iep caeut ! ing the deer, according to custom per
 fected his escape and Immediately
 thoreupon the hunt participated in by
 the other three members of hi8 set
 was instituted Tine deer chose Che
 underbush about the camps and his
 hiding place. and after a half hours
 hunt he perfected his return Co camp without detection
 Today the lively celebrities of last
 night and early this morning are ab.
 sent The dancing ceased about 8
 o'clock. and after short lest 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
 COUNT ZEPPELIN ANGRY