2011 Gathering of Nations - Aztec Dancing

[@williamroberts5255]

Respect to my brothers and sisters down south...aho

[@yeseniagarciareyna2431]

All love brother

[@raulmoreno8100]

We have to come together, we have to find a path

[@downsouthchiko5492]

@@raulmoreno8100Imaginary border line made to separate us

[@gcarr2249]

Thank you brother

[@FelixGalvanArt]

All love brother!

[@ralphandresvilla1863]

Sending love from the Apache Navajo reservation.

[@identidadmexicana]

Much appreciated

[@mexmurda976]

Wow I was going through this channel watching all the videos and was NOT expecting my people to be included in this channel. I always thought northern natives wouldn't consider us Mexicans as native americans but there are lots of northern natives who do acknowledge us as native Americans. Thank you for this video and this channel. Love & Peace to my Raza from the north to the south

[@redxiii3159]

North and South unity brother

[@santinabellydance]

Yes, I know that they have had Aztec dancers in the Dakotas before.

[@oshkiimigizii6141]

We are all one nation

[@missg2528]

❤

[@kyomademon453]

I mean, dressing up as aztecs but performing nothing of Aztec culture, sure representation I guess, let's be honest had the aztecs the chance they wouldve vassalized all natives in america and sacrifice hundreds of thousands to their gods

[@Chi-Chia69]

Wow! we actually saw these amazing Aztec dancers at the Swinomish Pow Wow back in the summer of 2000....I’ve never seen anything like this before at any other pow wow gathering - their phenomenal regalia & memorable performance left everyone virtually breathless.

[@MiggelMolina]

I love my Mexica culture ! It's beautiful...

[@pound14poundking]

Watching the Pow wow gathering just makes me cry with love, I love y native Mexican blood

[@calicuauhtli9841]

14 million full blood native in mexico alone, only 5 million in u.s. Let that sink in.

[@Thomas_Oklahoma]

So does that mean a group of Natives is better than the other group of Natives? We are all Natives who number 65 million pure-bloods and 65 million mixed bloods (those that have kept or re-claiming their identity). Agree?

[@calicuauhtli9841]

agreed, i didn't mean anyone is better than another, just a comparison for the haters who think mexicans arent native americans

[@icampos89]

Cali Cuauhtli Manifest Destiny is the reason why Latin America is not considered Native. The United States stole their identity in order to conquer the Southwest,

[@denisse010188]

That's not true! Lol There's less then 1% of natives in mexico. I'm talking pure natives that have Spanish as their second language if that. Everyone else is already a mix of Spanish.

[@Thomas_Oklahoma]

+jewel hardrock

[@stevendemoniac]

Tlazacohmatli for uploading this. There are those of us who rock the quetzal feather proudly! Zacateco pride!!! Tehwantin quemah ce!

[@clasik228able]

@Joachim Murrieta you seem to know very much about chichemeca culture. Maybe you can help me? I am of chichemeca and would like to further expand my knowledge about my roots.

[@alvarosolano-jb1qq]

Mixtec Warrior is in the house too 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽peace to all the northern tribes an south lands

[@almaplascencia1340]

Mexican born in California Central Valley is trying to reconnect.This music makes my body move. I feel it in my bones, my heart beats out of my chest. Thank you for sharing. We have been blessed by the internet. Love and peace from the bottom of my heart. ♥️♥️🇲🇽🇺🇸💪🏽✌🏼🕊♥️♥️♥️

[@LuisAguilar-ht9op]

First of all, some of you people need to realize that being Mexican is NOT a race, it's a nationality. Second, most Mexicans are of indigenous blood. There are more indigenous people in Mexico (full and half blood) than in the US and Canada combined. US - Indigenous 0.9% Part Indigenous 0.7% Canada - Indigenous 1.8% Part Indigenous 3.6% Mexico - Indigenous 12.8% Part Indigenous 75%

[@LuisAguilar-ht9op]

References to point out my facts: 1. United States Census Bureau-The American Indian and Alaska Native Population 2. United States-World Fact Book 3. U.S. Assembly of First Nations 4. Canadian 2013 Census and Indian Affairs Canada 5. Topics Canadian Genealogy Centre-Library and Archives 6. Projections of Indigenous of Mexico and its States 7. Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin, 2013 US Census 8. Mexico-World Fact Book

[@the5general1]

many natives got pushed south of the river by the white man to fight other tribes or find a new begining

[@pontiacaztec917]

Remember Aztalan great lakes region dream smoke!!.

[@jg0037]

Luis Aguilar It now, its almost a 1000 years old!

[@pontiacaztec917]

Looking far North where Aztecs came from and migration to what New Mexico Chaco canyon south West, white sands ,Albuquerque New Mexico down to what is Mexico for the resources, knowledge, culture, food,fruit's vegetable's,corn,chocolate,Avocado, clothes green stone and other things to women with history, knowledge walk in beauty dream smoke of past, presented and future generations A'ho time traver families come full circle medicine wheel of timeless life indigenous aboriginal people of turtle island!!.

[@wolfmansicario4482]

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL,MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!👍🏽👍🏽🙌🏽✊🏽✊🏽....MY SOUL SINGS WITH THE MUSIC OF MY PEOPLE...

[@Sunshine-dv9op]

Indeed we look-alike! May the roots of the American native, and the Aztecs never be forgotten!

[@treykoyawena4443]

We’re all connected in the nation that is today called America and Mexico before there was wall separating our people from one another. Drugs, violence and racism is what is trying to separate us rather than love, compassion and understanding of empathy for one another uniting us.

[@magnoliahernandez2322]

Stunning dances of all our beloved continent America, we must get closer and closer South and North, we are one, our traditions are very similar, look at that vast beauty of customs in a Pow Wow.

[@identidadmexicana]

Exactly, it will happen, we will be together once again

[@MariaGasca-Reyes]

The Mesheekas Aztecs were originally from Utah. So yeah pretty close And just proves Natives were and have always been a Nomadic peoples 🌎.

[@raulmoreno8100]

I'm very happy to see the original people of this continent coming together, we are still here

[@calicuauhtli9841]

I can only imagine how pissed our ancestors are by the fact that the biggest factor blocking all indiginous unity in the americas is not only the white mans borders,religion,and names they tell us to identify with. BUT IS OUR OWN PEOPLE.

[@maximusproliferus3633]

Cali Cuauhtli pretty sure the ancestors would have warred with each other

[@RG-df2lr]

@paul reboca Either way, you have to understand one thing... My Mexica ancestors were heartless bastards to those that didn't conform but we were all so damn much more similar than the white man.. I would have accepted warring nations for centuries till we found that unity instead of Spanish rule.. The Japanese had warring nations for centuries and found unity under one banner. Was it fair or great? no to some and yes to others. But it damn sure wasn't because of white euro rule..

[@babygirl-nl4im]

chamoru15 Lynell pretty sure ? except you have zero idea.

[@maximusproliferus3633]

baby girl so the warrior culture was for what?

[@AmazingMasterMind214]

It's all human nature people warring with each other. The Asians fought each other the Chinese and Japanese and Tibet. The English with the Irish. Ww2 Germans Jews and Russians. The wars in Africa like the rowandan holicost. Even in America you had Aztecs and other tribe same in the U.S. territories like the beaver wars native tribes fighting. It's human nature there's bound to be conflict with any groups. Whether we fight for resources, beliefs, or anything else it's all human. Also the Aztecs and the mayan did do human sacrifice but it was their own beliefs I'm not saying it's right in any way but try to view it from our point of view they believed they had to do offerings to their gods because in our creation story the gods sacrificed themselves to become the moon and sun to give us life. So in turn we gave offerings to keep them alive so the sun can raise again. And contrerty to popular belief it was mostly blood leading puncturing themselves either foreskin, nose, ear, to offer blood. Only on special occasions did they sacrifice people.

[@sandraa8038]

I absolutely love this! I got such an adrenaline rush watching this! Thank you for posting!

[@karlawatson7699]

I am Mixtek Indian love all our Native Tribes !

[@icampos89]

There are more Natives in Mexico than you guys think. It is not uncommon in Mexico to say, "I used to be Indian." Dances like these solidify the culture in the "New World." We all win when we embrace it.

[@purhepecha8686]

icampos89 I used to be Indian? Either you are or your not. There is no “ I used to be Indian”

[@tlaloc27]

@@purhepecha8686i think he means that people used to be dancers

[@HellfireDoused]

Hey so... I'm white, and I totally love these dances and this music. I'm German-English and don't give two shits whether people think it's appropriate for me to be fascinated with Prehispanic culture. Who cares what your blood or nationality is? It's okay to be so engrossed by a culture that you want to adopt parts of it into your life. People don't have to CLAIM to be anything. We're all human, and that's what ties us all together in the end.

[@missquinn1000]

I think it's awesome that you like it! XD

[@maryanoriega6570]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Daiseehead]

You are awesome :) Your cultures are pretty cool too!!

[@RHR199X]

Little Lu dude you have the best logic I 100% agree with you the idea of cultural appropriation is such an ugly thing Hitler and ISIS tried to make their culture pure and look where that got them as humans it's our nature to explore new things btw I'm mexican and I'm learning about my roots

[@sirraze2771]

Little Lu we all bleed red brother

[@jessicavallejo2826]

Thanks for including us. Too much division in our native bloodline. My family is from Cananea, Sonora where our ancestors' tribes extended on both sides of the border. Mexico has so much rich indigenous ancestry. It is literally seen everywhere. Nahuatl, the language of the Mexicatls, AKA Mexicans/Aztecs, is the second most widely spoken language in Mexico! Even modern Mexican Spanish dialect is full of indigenous words: Chocolatl (chocolate), cacahuatl (peanut), popote (straw), esquintli,(child). I'm glad to know some indigenous language, and I hope to one day be fluent in Nahuatl. It's funny because I look Native American, and people regularly ask me why I look Native American but am "Mexican." Pure ignorance. Nonetheless, I have been able to find a home at the local pow wows in Southern California and have really learned to embrace my native heritage. I love traveling to Mexico too and meeting people from different tribes. Being Native American in Mexico is so common. You hear the dialects in public. You see the people. Not like here in the U.S where people don't expect to meet a Native American because they think we are all extinct. Thank you for opening your home to us. :)

[@Elias_Truth]

If only you all weren’t racist to the Natives who are mixed with Black ancestry versus those with European ancestry. Ive faced so much racism from Mexicans and I used to consider you brothers and sisters. The things I hear in Spanish from a lot of you(I’m a fluent speaker) is disgusting..

[@nomo4u886]

@@Elias_Truth not all Mexicans are racist brotha

[@eternalr7830]

@@Elias_Truth u act like all of us are like that bro .. they’re wells educated and ignorant Mexicans out there not all of us are like that if your Mexican your Mexican we accept you 👍

[@babiboi206]

I used to love watching these guys at the powwows

[@stargazer1804]

The Aztecs aren’t originally from mesoamerica, I think I read somewhere before that they the mexica are descendants of the Navajo,Pueblo,Hopi,Anasazi people’s. They traveled for a long time wandering until they found the place where the eagle clutched the serpent on the cactus.

[@FlyingNazgul-wm1dv]

Yes its true The USA historian will deny this because they don't want Mexicans realizing they really are native to the Southwest USA where theres alot of immigration The original Mesoamericans are Central American Natives The Desert tribes are warrior peoples

[@sickasfooloslakers8215]

Brothers yes NATIVE AMERICANS

[@luisbarrados4230]

Si

[@shydog6418]

It makes sense

[@MariaGasca-Reyes]

Aztecs are originally from Utah

[@Thomas_Oklahoma]

Beautiful dance and regalia.

[@novemberSUN1]

The Mexica culture fascinates me :)

[@MariaGasca-Reyes]

It's Native culture It's Americas 🌎 True culture

[@soldado589]

es un orgullo como mexicano tener una gran cultura como nuestras danzas aztecas y que nunca se pierda gracias por llevar estas danzas al rededor de el mundo

[@julisaaleman875]

bellisimo. grasias. x. recordarnos. de. donde. venimos.

[@kathleenhart3709]

Beautiful music. Beautiful regalia... amazing

[@mathewbailey8645]

This reminds me of an anime series called The Mysterious Cities of Gold in which near the end of each episode there was documentary footage various subjects ranging from Mexico to South America & I believe some various subjects that included Incans & Aztecs. If you're not familiar with Mysterious Cities of Gold, it was an animated series on Nickelodeon from 1986 to 1987, it was last year revived with new seasons but not on Nickelodeon.

[@nkextrask.f.4839]

Mariachi can take a hike...

[@saulmoncada6332]

Proud Aztec ...No matter where your from Canada US Mexico were native Americans of North America 🇲🇽🇺🇸🇨🇦

[@hailoweenhailoween5264]

Love my Aztec and Native people in Central/South America From your Native brother in Arizona.

[@freevaginalexams9494]

my beautiful people!!!!

[@mariavaca3394]

Beautiful

[@maryanoriega6570]

Mexican proud

[@Tahee5105]

There are different types of dances from each region area of Aztlan mexica nation. Not one are the same but they do share the side step and twirl. Different tribes within the Aztec nation have similar movements as Native Americans.

[@MarieNDiaz-yr3mg]

The True Natives Americans Warriors of Aztlan = Aztecas = Mexicas☆* !! .. Amazing Wonderful Legacy in the World ♡

[@gustavoisaacpilenocervante5898]

a proposito de la danzas prehispanicas , se necesita de documentarse mas por ejemplo en cuanto las tradiciones antes de que llegaran de los europeos, se explica en antropologia que si existian danzas, entonces debemos procurarlas como tradiciones de mexico, son un legado de nosotros, ya que los aztecas y los mayas fueron arquitectos, astronomos, sus danzas se debian a la posicion de las estrellas lo que es actualmente las estaciones del año, fomentemos las tradiciones con mucho respeto felicitaciones a los jovenes que interpretan y danzan estas danzas prehispanicas mil gracias por compartir el video

[@esthercam7024]

The peoples of turtle island .

[@dolleish]

The Aztec, called/call themselves Mexica. X is pronounce similar to the ch sound

[@OHLE312]

Mexica 🙌🙌

[@SpectreNDN]

But when most people think of natives, they think of the ones up north like in the U.S. and Canada, not in mexico....just sayin XD

[@jg0037]

Spectre Thats going to stop! All north american tribes are finally coming together!

[@redxiii3159]

Maybe just you and your friends but everyone knows north and south america is all indigenous people before any settlers arrived

[@SpectreNDN]

Big Mouth lol u replied to a comment I made 3 years ago, I didn’t even know I made this what the heck

[@rubengonzalez750]

Montezumas revenge coming.

[@SuperThugnifacent]

Facts that's why we got to change that we got to start telling all these European blood Americans Mexicans Canadians that we are the native brown blood of all of this continent our race goes all up and down this part of the continent

[@tonyjackson934]

*blotaunka* the true descendents of the Aztecs are the present day Nahua people of Mexico. Nahuatl was the ancient language of the Aztecs and still spoken today from that nation. In fact they never called themselves Aztecs they were called Mexica or Meshika. The word "Aztec" is a bull shit word the Spaniards came up with.

[@icampos89]

The Mexica referred to themselves as Aztecatl, the people from Aztlan. It was the conquered kingdoms that called them Mexica.

[@ebecky4275]

That’s right. So proud of my people.

[@pontiacaztec917]

Remember mesheka are related Japanese of Hokkaido Japan Clovis tribe's, Olmce rubber people are Aborigines ancestor's almond eye's round jaw bone and big ear's ,eyes of outside like Japanese and remember all Japanese don't have all that facial skin hair like African's European's eyes are round not almond shape eye's true facts history is fascinating story tellers as well honor your ancestor music and lyrics inter tribal respect for one another's people dream smoke of past, presented and future generations A'ho time Pangaea pyramids in China and Japan, Korea Pangaea!.

[@66jUnIoR2hHh]

Are there any videos of this years G.O.N powwow aztec dancers?

[@NAT1V3H1TMAN]

that dude reminds me of adam sandler banging on the drums lol "you can hide your weed in there!"

[@rubengonzalez750]

They need to invite more tribes from Mexico....their are many tribes not just Aztecs and Mayas.....The Chichimeca confederation ( Children of the wind ) as they were nomadic of northern Mexico were very fierce warriors they warred with the Aztecs.....Aztecs could never subdue them and when the Spanish came they defeated them also no small feat as Spain was the most powerful nation in Europe at that time.....Mexico has a rich Native American heritage but somehow it seems because they don't speak English they are shunned.

[@dave1-iz210]

Albinos exist in every culture, just cause some are white looking doesn't mean they aren't native American sometimes

[@Castlecoke]

1. they are Meshika not Aztec. 2. they are in North America and not South America. Mexico is part of North America. 3. no. They couldnt wipe out all the customs or languages. Surrounding tribes and ppl took on the name of the Aztec and adopted some of their ways specifically warfare to fight off the europeans. it is why some of it survived to this day.

[@mrflufay5236]

Well as far as #1 let them call us aztec. I mean we dont always call tribes by their real name, not because we dont want to or cant but because we just simply dont know

[@micheladerry5681]

i like other natives being included

[@elsupernice7316]

Do anyone knows if they invited los voladores de Papantla too?

[@BOBBYLATINO]

Wassup with that background music?

[@torresgt720]

Just like Polynesians come from Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Hawaii, and any more countries. Native Americans come from Alaska all the way down to Argentina, and the Caribbean islands as well.

[@luckymex58]

Wow love it

[@xkumaxberriesx]

Is xavier quijas yxayotl playing?

[@tanyagarcia3721]

the drummer its the whitest white guy i every saw

[@centuryfiles9558]

He should have shaved at least 😂

[@rosarioperez4630]

that is how our raza is. some of us might have lighter skin from our sapnish blood but looking past the shade of our skin you an see our azteca, maya, wahaca blood is very much still there. QUE VIVA LA RAZA!

[@tanyagarcia3721]

@@rosarioperez4630 true. I've even seen some native Americans with different skin tones and Africans from Africa with different skin tones

[@MariaGasca-Reyes]

Biracial 😂

[@tanyagarcia3721]

@@MariaGasca-Reyes that could be it because I'm biracial and there's another family who grew up near where I did that's also biracial

[@pontiacaztec917]

Chichimec and may-an pipean parrot feather's,and jaguar people dream smoke of past, presented and future generations A'ho time traveling yeah great spirit!!.

[@bigjohn697791]

i thought and excuse my ignore and please correct if i wrong but where the aztecs culture and tradtional way of life not wiped out by the spainards when they came to south america

[@sandoval1977]

From Alaska to Puerto Rico to Brazil to Argentina. Hundreds of tribes.

[@josepartida95]

Sangre nativa

[@oscare76]

Aztec since before 1500

[@Krma-3]

thank you rov and alkqnmunkea for answering =)

[@your0a0asshole]

is the euro guy, with the beard in a rock band?

[@MariaGasca-Reyes]

He's meztizo

[@quanna0007]

I hear the call...Will Answer

[@collegekid805]

aztecs where not bred out of existence. Their descendents live on in the nahua people of central mexico. The nahua people are also made up of other nahuatl speaking people who shared a similar culture and similar traditions as the mexica. The majority of the nahua people are pure native. so what if these people have euro blood, many natives in the US are mixed too especially east of the mississippi.

[@the5general1]

the Aztec tribe from the continent of what the white man calls " north American "

[@CarolinaMartinez-hc1if]

I wish real historical dancas Aztecas had survived

[@bigjohn697791]

well i did not know that. I'll look into that bit of history thanks for sharing that with me we only tend to learn a little about the Irish in america only the civil war was mentioned briefly and the mass emigration to america

[@KateeAngel]

well, modern Mexicans almost all have some European heritage along with Native, and both elements are significant. As I understand "hispanic" is the word to name anyone who speak Spanish as first language or who is from Spanish-speaking country, not more

[@eternalr7830]

That’s the point of colonization to strip away they’re ancestor’s identity and replace it with something just cuz they do doesn’t take away they still have they’re native ancestors blood tooI don’t see nothing wrong with reconnecting to their original roots

[@Kettlecorns12]

One day world peace will be a thing

[@bigjohn697791]

well in away that makes sense i know very little about native american cultures as i grow up in ireland. other than cowboy movies. which is not historical to say the least thank you taking the time broaden my knowledge a little.

[@RL-xt3ey]

Us indians are the original founders

[@kimberlypalacios9779]

Compadre no le pegue tan fuerte al wewet o tambor

[@zatemxi]

Les faltó "punch"

[@jacksanchez7381]

Mexico is mostly Native people. We won we don't celebrate ths Spanish way we celebrate the Mexican way the original way not perfect but better than rejecting our ancestors ways. We may not all be 100% or 50% Native American but we are of this land and our culture teaches us amar a Mexico y nuestra cultura maravillosa no nos ganan nadien.

[@Franco-pz3fe]

Hermano Mexica Con mucho respeto aplaudo y reconozco tu esfuerzo, Pero para representar a la Gloriosa y poderosa raza Azteca te falto honor y mucha energía

[@MrCoolneko]

I'll respect their culture as ours, cause like any normal human, I'll respect their culture and music. Hate me all you like but you'll imply all that hate like "America" has...so yeah...have it. I don't want it. Yuck I'll accept all cultures into my life and welcome it with good, and warmth health. Come my brothers and sisters. No hate here. :3

[@mariatoscano5209]

guiero mejor calidad para obtener y mirar de todo en yu tu.

[@lslking]

Aztec eagle clan pride :))

[@bereal0rbegone]

lmfao,

[@quetzalamaru]

Mestizos

[@eternalr7830]

Better to connect to their real originality the main goal of colonization was to strip away their real identity, they’re indigenous ancestry, which they still carry I don’t see nothing wrong with trying to reconnect to their original roots

[@TheAbz1975]

I have been to many reservation camps north and south. and I have never met an Indian who quoted Elvis presly. you're funny.we are not asking for your approval,whether you like it or not we are Native American. me insulting? no fool. Johnny Depp is.but you're happy about that. cuz you're in a movie now.I'll see you at the next pow wow.WHAT HAPPEN TO THE DNA TEST?

[@jessiemariemaestas8791]

Wrong music

[@RL-xt3ey]

The rest is BS

[@jamesdolores876]

aztecs like him got sactrificed lol jk

[@MrStompingshadow]

Lmao Mexicans come from the most badass tribe that the Americas ever had we don't want to be called native Americans we are called mexica stop claiming our people as one of your people

[@02Nawal]

They need to practice more

[@edyboy007]

Does anyone know of a good reliable source for regalia? I'm nahuat of LA Nacion Pipil and looking for reliable ethical regalia if anyone could help 🙏🏽✊🏽🪶