{"id":5528,"date":"2017-08-01T21:38:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T21:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=5528"},"modified":"2018-02-04T19:32:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T19:32:15","slug":"rey-del-moros-from-veracruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/rey-del-moros-from-veracruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Rey del Moros from Veracruz"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 I posted a few others from my trip to Veracruz earlier in the summer.\u00a0 Aaron, 1195<\/p>\n

A:<\/strong>\u00a0 Aaron sent some more excellent masks. Here is what he says about this one.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n

TITLE:\u00a0Rey de Moros
\nTYPE: mask
\nGENERAL REGION: Latin America
\nCOUNTRY:\u00a0Mexico
\nSUBREGION:\u00a0Veracruz
\nETHNICITY:\u00a0Nahua
\nDESCRIPTION: Rey de Moros (King of the Moors)
\nMAKER: Antonio V\u00e1zquez Tepo, Xico (1933- )
\nCEREMONY: Danza de los Moros y Cristianos
\nAGE: 2016
\nMAIN MATERIAL: wood
\nOTHER MATERIALS:\u00a0oil-based paint<\/p>\n

The Danza de los Moros y Cristianos<\/em> (Dance of the Moors and Christians), also known as the Danza de la Conquista<\/em>, is an important celebration in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The dance reenacts\u00a0the reconquest Spain from the Saracens by the European Christians. The dance arose from the teachings of missionaries as part of an effort to instill respect for and fear of the Spaniards in the indigenous peoples, and to convince them that the victory of Christianity over other faiths\u2014by violence whenever necessary\u2014was inevitable.<\/p>\n

The dance is still performed widely in Mexico, including in Mexico State, Michoac\u00e1n, Puebla, and Veracruz. Characters vary depending on locality, although they always include \u201cChristians\u201d or \u201cSpaniards\u201d and Moors. This mask represents the King of the Moors (Rey de Moros<\/em>), a central character of the drama who directs his troops against the Spaniards and ultimately surrenders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Q:\u00a0 I posted a few others from my trip to Veracruz earlier in the summer.\u00a0 Aaron, 1195 A:\u00a0 Aaron sent some more excellent masks. Here is what he says about this one. TITLE:\u00a0Rey de Moros TYPE: mask GENERAL REGION: Latin America COUNTRY:\u00a0Mexico SUBREGION:\u00a0Veracruz ETHNICITY:\u00a0Nahua DESCRIPTION: Rey de Moros (King of the Moors) MAKER: Antonio V\u00e1zquez Tepo, Xico (1933- ) CEREMONY: Danza de los Moros y Cristianos AGE: 2016 MAIN MATERIAL: wood OTHER MATERIALS:\u00a0oil-based paint The Danza de los Moros y Cristianos (Dance of the Moors and Christians), also known as the Danza de la Conquista, is an important celebration in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The dance reenacts\u00a0the reconquest Spain from the Saracens by the European Christians. The dance arose from the teachings of missionaries as part of an effort to instill respect for and fear of the Spaniards in the indigenous peoples, and to convince them that the victory of Christianity over other faiths\u2014by violence whenever necessary\u2014was inevitable. The dance is still performed widely in Mexico, including in Mexico State, Michoac\u00e1n, Puebla, and Veracruz. Characters vary depending on locality, although they always include \u201cChristians\u201d or \u201cSpaniards\u201d and Moors. This mask represents the King of the Moors (Rey de Moros), a central character of the drama who directs his troops against the Spaniards and ultimately surrenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mexico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5530,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions\/5530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}