Characteristic for their ornamental dresses that the town and communities prepared for the patron saint festivities.
MORENADA.- Satiric dance in honour to the Negroes that squashed grapes, in the times of the colony. The dress includes a hay made of metal with feathers, a curly wig, a mask with the lower lip very thick, jackets and little skirt artistically embroidered with geometrical shapes and stones, in their hands they carry a “matraca” with the shape of an animal. It is danced with the tune of all kinds of bands.
REY MORENO.- Dance with liturgical content, representing the hierarchy and grace of the “Morenada” dance. The dresses are a velvet cape with gold and silver embroidery and shiny stones with shapes of snakes and condors, Satan masks that impress. Dancing with the rhythm of huge bands, they can be seen in all the department’s religious festivities
Rey Moreno
Morenada
