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matachin

 
Dictionary: Ma·ta·chin

n.

[Sp.]
An old dance with swords and bucklers; a sword dance.


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A battle dance popular from the 16th century to the 18th and later in Mexico and Spanish-speaking America; in one form it was grotesque, in another a skilful sword dance.



 
 
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