TOTONAC PEOPLE RESISTED THE EASTERN COASTAL AND MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF MEXICO AT THE TIME OF SPANISH ARRIVAL IN 1519. THEY RESIDED IN THE STATUS OF VERACRUZ, PUEBLA AND HILDALGO. THEY ARE ONE OF THE POSSIBLE BUILDERS OF PRE COLUMBIA EL TAJIN. THEY FURTHER MAINTAINED QUARTERS IN TEOTIHUACAN. UNTIL 19TH CENTURY THEY WERE THE WORLD'S MAIN PRODUCERS OF VANILLA.
THEY DO THE DANCE OF THE FLYERS. IT IS A CEREMONY THAT THE TOTONAC INDIANS PERFORMED TO END SEVERE DROUGHT. I SAW THIS CEREMONY IN A SMALL TOWN WHEN I TRAVELED TO MEXICO AT 18. IT HAS ROOTS IN PREHISPANIC PERIOD. THEY HAVE A 5 MEN CLIMB A 90 FOOT POLE WITH COSTUMES WITH FOUR PEOPLE ATTACHED TO ROPES TO DESCEND TO THE GROUND. THE TOP MANPLAYS A FLUTE AND DRUMS AND DANCES ON THE POLE. IT IS HELD IN AND AROUND PAPANTIA.
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