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xi list of illustrations 1. Barbones. Zacatecas, 1996. 5 2. Viejo of the Visitador matachines. Zacatecas, 1996. 11 3. Human cross. Zacatecas, 1996. 12 4. Moorish arquebusiers. Zacatecas, 1996. 14 5. Moorish casualty. Zacatecas, 1996. 15 6. Santiago and santiago caballero. Cuetzalan, 1988. 20 7. Pilato. Cuetzalan, 1988. 22 8. Dance of Saint Sebastian. Valldellop, early twentieth century. 46 9. Hobby horses and giants. Sant Feliu de Pallerols, 1996. 52 10. Toci (center), priests, and Huaxteca caricatures. Detail from Codex Borbonicus. 77 11. Mock fight of Chonchayotl. 92 12. Festival of the Flaying of Men. 96 13. Xipe Totec. Detail from Codex Borbonicus. 97 14. Two drawings of huehuetl and teponaztli drummers with singer-dancers. 112 15. Stylized drawing of scenic units probably used in (a) Conquest of Rhodes, Mexico City, 1539, and (b) mock siege, Mexico City, July 1572. 125 16. Hobby horse, San Felipe Pueblo, c. 1940. 167 17. Aztecs in Spain, 1528: (a) gambling with stones, (b) playing with a wooden ball, and (c) foot-juggling a log. Drawings by Christoph Weiditz. 177 18. Mock siege of a castle defended by Turks. Nuremberg, 1535. 180 19. Pyrotechnic dragon on a string. 186 20. Pyrotechnic dramatization of Act 3 of Seneca’s Hercules Furens, Dusseldorf, 1585. 188 21. Devils or maces from Berga’s Patum. 192 22. Processional dragon. Vilafranca del Penedès, 1995. 196 23. Sword dance. Binche, 1549. 200 24. Mock battle in a Brazilian village. Rouen, 1550. 203 25. Moorish women. Villena, 1992. 222 26. The retreta. Villena, 1992. 224 27. Christian assault on the castle. Villena, 1992. 225 28. Converted Moorish warriors leave the church. Villena, 1992. 226 29. Matachines. Picuris Pueblo, 1994. 239 30. An abuelo massages Motecuzoma’s legs. Bernalillo, 1993. 240 31. Malinche, Motecuzoma, and Doña Marina. Teotitlan del Valle, 1994. 244 32. Spanish soldier. Teotitlan del Valle, 1994. 245 Photographs by Max Harris. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...

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