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Danza de Matachines

Matachines dancers perform on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at St. Adalbert Parish in South Bend. The dancing coincides with the feast in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is said to have appeared to Juan Diego, a poor man, on Dec. 9, 1531, as he walked to church near present-day Mexico City. The Matachines dance in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe each December to mark her appearance and subsequent miracle. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Matachines dancers perform on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at St. Adalbert Parish in South Bend. The dancing coincides with the feast in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is said to have appeared to Juan Diego, a poor man, on Dec. 9, 1531, as he walked to church near present-day Mexico City. The Matachines dance in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe each December to mark her appearance and subsequent miracle. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Ulysses Cardona, 3, looks back at the procession as he and his brothers Valentin, 7, left, and Alexis, 5, enter the church dressed as little Juan Diegos during a Matachines performance on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at St. Adalbert Parish in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Ulysses Cardona, 3, looks back at the procession as he and his brothers Valentin, 7, left, and Alexis, 5, enter the church dressed as little Juan Diegos during a Matachines performance on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at St. Adalbert Parish in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

David Bernal, 13, uses his phone to send a text as he waits to perform with Matachines dancers dressed as El Toro (the bull), a malevolent character symbolizing the devil, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at St. Adalbert Parish in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
David Bernal, 13, uses his phone to send a text as he waits to perform with Matachines dancers dressed as El Toro (the bull), a malevolent character symbolizing the devil, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at St. Adalbert Parish in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Matachines dancers from Elkhart and Goshen enter the church during a performance on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at St. Adalbert Parish in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Matachines dancers from Elkhart and Goshen enter the church during a performance on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at St. Adalbert Parish in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

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