Tucson - Aztec Fire Dance

We returned to the Native American Show to witness the Aztec Dance. Only two gentlemen were present and they only did a partial presentation saving their energy for a full fancy presentation for the Senior Citizens later that day. I fully enjoyed the honor of being present during their ceremony even if they didn't pull in the full spiritual forces nor were allowed to play with the fire.

I was fascinated by how visible the dancer's decor makes him, plus how loud. Reminded me of a lion or peacock. Extremely large feathers, rattles on their legs, loud drums, and hand rattles. They started the ceremony by blowing a shell into the four directions.

The elder shared a little about their history such as they prefer being referred to as Ingenious People since they were here first and they don't come from Mexico, they come from Aztlan - their name for their homeland.

The drummer was great with the drum. Beautiful tone and an awesome design.

Afterwards we did a little more touring of the shows including the new one at Holiday Inn. We want to check out the rest of the show tomorrow. This wholesale event appears to carry gold and high end jewelry. Fun to go through, but not much that I can afford to buy. I'm learning a few more terminology on fine jewelry. Gold appears to be very expensive at this time.

We finished the evening watching I Robot. Appears Clint and I may have caught a small bug and kind of puttering. His online business has picked up with the new additions.