Los Guardianes del Vuelo | La Danza Ritual de los Voladores de Huauchinango
Vive el Folklore
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Well, here in'}, {'start': '20.080', 'end': '27.720', 'text': "Puebla there's an area where there are also"}, {'start': '23.279', 'end': '27.720', 'text': "flyers and they're not from Papánla."}, {'start': '32.360', 'end': '39.200', 'text': 'Another surprise we encountered'}, {'start': '34.440', 'end': '41.640', 'text': 'was that there are not only male flyers in the'}, {'start': '39.200', 'end': '43.800', 'text': 'northern mountains of Puebla, there are female flyers.'}, {'start': '41.640', 'end': '47.079', 'text': 'So we decided to come here to the'}, {'start': '43.800', 'end': '49.199', 'text': 'magical town of Huauchinango to meet a'}, {'start': '47.079', 'end': '51.719', 'text': 'family that has dedicated their entire lives to'}, {'start': '49.199', 'end': '54.960', 'text': 'preserving a ritual that touches the sky: the'}, {'start': '55.440', 'end': '60.760', 'text': 'Huauchinango Flying Dance.  We started the day at'}, {'start': '57.600', 'end': '62.879', 'text': "Jeek's workshop.  There we are greeted by Bulmaro and"}, {'start': '60.760', 'end': '65.000', 'text': 'Janet, guardians of a dance that is'}, {'start': '62.879', 'end': '68.000', 'text': 'inherited more with the heart than with the'}, {'start': '65.000', 'end': '68.000', 'text': 'feet.'}, {'start': '70.130', 'end': '76.280', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '71.840', 'end': '78.520', 'text': 'We made this youth group.  Here'}, {'start': '76.280', 'end': '81.280', 'text': 'we are at the Yat dance school.'}, {'start': '78.520', 'end': '83.200', 'text': 'Well, so that young people come to'}, {'start': '81.280', 'end': '86.600', 'text': 'dance, come to learn the'}, {'start': '83.200', 'end': '90.000', 'text': 'traditions.  Three winds.  Yeah.  And Cat,'}, {'start': '86.600', 'end': '93.000', 'text': 'because that one went like the tona they'}, {'start': '90.000', 'end': '95.720', 'text': 'named my dad when the tona was born.'}, {'start': '93.000', 'end': '99.439', 'text': 'Why JJ Cat?  By air.  that everything'}, {'start': '95.720', 'end': '101.920', 'text': 'is moving the air and it is the air'}, {'start': '99.439', 'end': '105.719', 'text': 'because it is moving all the'}, {'start': '101.920', 'end': '108.759', 'text': 'trees or at that moment a rain falls'}, {'start': '105.719', 'end': '111.880', 'text': 'the tone not this Juan Juan that it rains'}, {'start': '108.759', 'end': '114.850', 'text': 'a lot, Pedro that Pedro avocados because they were'}, {'start': '111.880', 'end': '117.890', 'text': 'born in time of'}, {'start': '114.850', 'end': '117.890', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '120.159', 'end': '125.119', 'text': 'avocado.  The first was the'}, {'start': '122.439', 'end': '127.719', 'text': 'quetzal dance, the second was the'}, {'start': '125.119', 'end': '129.800', 'text': 'guagua dance.  Of babies.  Buses.  This is'}, {'start': '127.719', 'end': '133.840', 'text': 'two twinned dances along with that of'}, {'start': '129.800', 'end': '137.160', 'text': 'the flyers.  This is how they go to the'}, {'start': '133.840', 'end': '139.120', 'text': 'park because the two represent the'}, {'start': '137.160', 'end': '141.519', 'text': 'four seasons of the year and the'}, {'start': '139.120', 'end': '143.560', 'text': 'four cardinal points.  These two are the'}, {'start': '141.519', 'end': '145.360', 'text': 'same as the flyers.  The'}, {'start': '143.560', 'end': '147.519', 'text': 'ritual dance of the flyers is one of the'}, {'start': '145.360', 'end': '149.400', 'text': 'most emblematic and ancient traditions,'}, {'start': '147.519', 'end': '151.280', 'text': 'laden with spiritual significance, in'}, {'start': '149.400', 'end': '152.800', 'text': 'Mexico.  The dance has'}, {'start': '151.280', 'end': '155.319', 'text': 'pre-Hispanic roots among the'}, {'start': '152.800', 'end': '157.480', 'text': 'Totonac, Nagua, and Otomi peoples of central and'}, {'start': '155.319', 'end': '159.360', 'text': 'southeastern Mexico.  Its origin dates back'}, {'start': '157.480', 'end': '161.800', 'text': 'more than 1,000 years and is linked to'}, {'start': '159.360', 'end': '163.560', 'text': 'a cosmogonic vision of the universe.'}, {'start': '161.800', 'end': '164.920', 'text': 'According to traditional stories, this'}, {'start': '163.560', 'end': '167.000', 'text': 'ritual began as an offering to the'}, {'start': '164.920', 'end': '168.959', 'text': 'gods to ask for fertility for the'}, {'start': '167.000', 'end': '171.080', 'text': 'land, especially in times of'}, {'start': '168.959', 'end': '172.760', 'text': 'drought.  The most widespread myth says that'}, {'start': '171.080', 'end': '175.280', 'text': 'the ritual was created when a severe'}, {'start': '172.760', 'end': '176.840', 'text': 'drought hit the Toton Acapan region.'}, {'start': '175.280', 'end': '178.800', 'text': 'The elders recommended performing a'}, {'start': '176.840', 'end': '180.599', 'text': 'ceremony to appease the gods.'}, {'start': '178.800', 'end': '182.560', 'text': 'Five pure young men were chosen,'}, {'start': '180.599', 'end': '184.599', 'text': 'a tall tree was cut down in the forest,'}, {'start': '182.560', 'end': '186.319', 'text': 'erected as the axis of the world, and the young men'}, {'start': '184.599', 'end': '188.440', 'text': 'flew from its top to carry the'}, {'start': '186.319', 'end': '190.239', 'text': 'message to the heavens.  Today, the'}, {'start': '188.440', 'end': '192.640', 'text': 'ritual dance of the Voladores faces'}, {'start': '190.239', 'end': '194.159', 'text': 'challenges such as touristification, but'}, {'start': '192.640', 'end': '196.040', 'text': 'also developments such as the'}, {'start': '194.159', 'end': '201.360', 'text': 'participation of women, which has'}, {'start': '196.040', 'end': '201.360', 'text': 'generated both support and resistance.'}, {'start': '203.850', 'end': '208.640', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '206.120', 'end': '211.799', 'text': 'where my father comes from, his name is Copila'}, {'start': '208.640', 'end': '214.400', 'text': 'Naupan, he learned there from my grandfather,'}, {'start': '211.799', 'end': '218.360', 'text': 'Bulmaron Maldonado González.  I come'}, {'start': '214.400', 'end': '221.319', 'text': 'from a small town called Copila Naupan.'}, {'start': '218.360', 'end': '224.000', 'text': 'He came to settle here in Guinengo a'}, {'start': '221.319', 'end': '227.120', 'text': 'long time ago and the'}, {'start': '224.000', 'end': '230.680', 'text': 'dance of voladores took root here.  my grandparents who'}, {'start': '227.120', 'end': '232.519', 'text': 'were flyers.  My great-grandparents were'}, {'start': '230.680', 'end': '235.439', 'text': 'flyers, my'}, {'start': '232.519', 'end': '238.439', 'text': 'great-grandparents were flyers, and my'}, {'start': '235.439', 'end': '242.079', 'text': 'father was a flyer.  Okay.  So I'}, {'start': '238.439', 'end': '243.760', 'text': 'have been a teacher for four generations'}, {'start': '242.079', 'end': '246.959', 'text': '.'}, {'start': '243.760', 'end': '249.720', 'text': 'Now that this dance is more from'}, {'start': '246.959', 'end': '252.720', 'text': 'here than China, we'}, {'start': '249.720', 'end': '252.720', 'text': 'represent it.'}, {'start': '254.840', 'end': '262.079', 'text': 'Every year the saint is danced in the'}, {'start': '259.239', 'end': '263.240', 'text': 'church.  So, today we have to go'}, {'start': '262.079', 'end': '266.040', 'text': 'there.'}, {'start': '263.240', 'end': '268.479', 'text': 'The lord of here is the'}, {'start': '266.040', 'end': '271.400', 'text': 'patron saint of'}, {'start': '268.479', 'end': '274.000', 'text': 'Huauchinango.  Today is the last day of'}, {'start': '271.400', 'end': '277.039', 'text': "Huauchinango's patron saint festivities,"}, {'start': '274.000', 'end': '279.039', 'text': 'the flower fair.  Today the'}, {'start': '277.039', 'end': '281.600', 'text': 'Yeyecal group and the Maldonado family are'}, {'start': '279.039', 'end': '283.639', 'text': 'preparing to give thanks for all the'}, {'start': '281.600', 'end': '285.840', 'text': 'blessings they have received.  We are'}, {'start': '283.639', 'end': '287.960', 'text': 'preparing it, but here we make the'}, {'start': '285.840', 'end': '289.880', 'text': 'suits with machines.  We go'}, {'start': '287.960', 'end': '291.720', 'text': 'downstairs, we go upstairs.  Who'}, {'start': '289.880', 'end': '293.400', 'text': 'taught you to make costumes?  I'}, {'start': '291.720', 'end': '295.440', 'text': 'started making'}, {'start': '293.400', 'end': '298.280', 'text': 'dance costumes by looking at the pants, how they'}, {'start': '295.440', 'end': '301.080', 'text': 'were cut, and taking the pattern from'}, {'start': '298.280', 'end': '304.080', 'text': 'a garment.  Okay.  And so I started to'}, {'start': '301.080', 'end': '304.080', 'text': 'review it.'}, {'start': '312.840', 'end': '317.080', 'text': 'Guys, get in, please, get in.'}, {'start': '317.400', 'end': '320.400', 'text': "Let's go."}, {'start': '321.000', 'end': '324.060', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '326.350', 'end': '329.449', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '331.960', 'end': '335.880', 'text': 'In some regions of Mexico, seeing a'}, {'start': '333.840', 'end': '338.639', 'text': 'traditional dance enter a'}, {'start': '335.880', 'end': '341.080', 'text': 'Catholic temple can be a cause for amazement or'}, {'start': '338.639', 'end': '342.880', 'text': 'debate.  But in Huauchinango, as in'}, {'start': '341.080', 'end': '345.400', 'text': 'many corners of our country,'}, {'start': '342.880', 'end': '347.520', 'text': 'history wove a unique syncretism,'}, {'start': '345.400', 'end': '350.759', 'text': 'where ancient faith and new faith'}, {'start': '347.520', 'end': '350.759', 'text': 'coexist in the same'}, {'start': '350.930', 'end': '355.720', 'text': '[Applause]'}, {'start': '353.160', 'end': '359.360', 'text': 'offering.  The Maldonado family, along with the'}, {'start': '355.720', 'end': '362.240', 'text': 'Yyecal group, enters the temple dancing.'}, {'start': '359.360', 'end': '365.600', 'text': 'First comes the dance of the flyers,'}, {'start': '362.240', 'end': '367.319', 'text': 'then the dance of the guaguas, and finally the dance of the'}, {'start': '365.600', 'end': '369.720', 'text': 'quetzales.   They'}, {'start': '367.319', 'end': '372.680', 'text': 'are performing the dances here.  in'}, {'start': '369.720', 'end': '376.280', 'text': 'honor of the patron saint of'}, {'start': '372.680', 'end': '379.960', 'text': 'Huauchinango.  This is the dance of the'}, {'start': '376.280', 'end': '382.199', 'text': 'flyers.  In the back are'}, {'start': '379.960', 'end': '382.199', 'text': 'the'}, {'start': '388.039', 'end': '393.400', 'text': 'babies.  Every step, every turn is a'}, {'start': '390.880', 'end': '396.160', 'text': "way of giving thanks.  The exact order doesn't matter"}, {'start': '393.400', 'end': '398.160', 'text': ', the intention does.  Arrive'}, {'start': '396.160', 'end': '398.950', 'text': 'dancing before the Lord of the Holy'}, {'start': '398.160', 'end': '407.640', 'text': 'Burial.'}, {'start': '398.950', 'end': '410.690', 'text': '[Applause]'}, {'start': '407.640', 'end': '410.690', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '411.560', 'end': '417.160', 'text': 'Once in front of the altar, the dancers'}, {'start': '414.639', 'end': '419.390', 'text': 'perform their dance again, offering'}, {'start': '417.160', 'end': '422.630', 'text': 'their effort and their faith.'}, {'start': '419.390', 'end': '422.630', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '425.070', 'end': '426.840', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '426.070', 'end': '427.520', 'text': '[Applause]'}, {'start': '426.840', 'end': '429.720', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '427.520', 'end': '432.919', 'text': '[Applause]'}, {'start': '429.720', 'end': '436.400', 'text': 'And then, one by one they approach,'}, {'start': '432.919', 'end': '440.039', 'text': 'incantate the saint and silently give thanks for'}, {'start': '436.400', 'end': '440.039', 'text': 'the favors received.'}, {'start': '440.050', 'end': '443.119', 'text': '[Applause]'}, {'start': '443.160', 'end': '448.039', 'text': 'We come to give thanks and to continue'}, {'start': '445.720', 'end': '450.199', 'text': 'asking for protection'}, {'start': '448.039', 'end': '453.319', 'text': "right now, since it is the celebration of the Lord's"}, {'start': '450.199', 'end': '455.879', 'text': 'holy burial, and it is a way to'}, {'start': '453.319', 'end': '458.400', 'text': 'thank him for everything he gives us and to'}, {'start': '455.879', 'end': '458.400', 'text': 'continue'}, {'start': '465.919', 'end': '471.039', 'text': 'blessing us.  After giving thanks,'}, {'start': '468.440', 'end': '473.879', 'text': 'the dancers leave the temple, but they do'}, {'start': '471.039', 'end': '478.319', 'text': 'not leave their faith behind.  They carry it in every'}, {'start': '473.879', 'end': '478.319', 'text': 'step, in every look, in every flight that'}, {'start': '484.520', 'end': '488.919', 'text': 'will come.  And it is precisely in flight'}, {'start': '487.039', 'end': '491.199', 'text': 'where this story takes an'}, {'start': '488.919', 'end': '493.159', 'text': 'unexpected turn, because in Huauchinango it'}, {'start': '491.199', 'end': '496.360', 'text': 'was the women who broke the'}, {'start': '493.159', 'end': '498.599', 'text': 'wind and also the old customs.'}, {'start': '496.360', 'end': '501.319', 'text': 'My name is Janette Sánchez Hernández.   I have been'}, {'start': '498.599', 'end': '505.319', 'text': 'practicing this flying ritual'}, {'start': '501.319', 'end': '507.720', 'text': 'for approximately 25 years.  Well,'}, {'start': '505.319', 'end': '510.479', 'text': 'before I only did floor dances, which'}, {'start': '507.720', 'end': '513.000', 'text': 'could be acatlasquis, guaguas,'}, {'start': '510.479', 'end': '514.640', 'text': 'carrizos, this one, quetzales.'}, {'start': '513.000', 'end': '518.039', 'text': 'Later, well, Don Bulmaro'}, {'start': '514.640', 'end': '521.039', 'text': 'invited us to the group that'}, {'start': '518.039', 'end': '524.000', 'text': 'he also had at that time of'}, {'start': '521.039', 'end': '526.519', 'text': 'dancers and well, there were several'}, {'start': '524.000', 'end': '529.200', 'text': 'women, several ladies who dared'}, {'start': '526.519', 'end': '531.399', 'text': 'to say yes when he asked us'}, {'start': '529.200', 'end': '533.680', 'text': 'who wants to fly, right?  Some'}, {'start': '531.399', 'end': '535.320', 'text': 'flyers said, "Well, but why were'}, {'start': '533.680', 'end': '537.480', 'text': 'women'}, {'start': '535.320', 'end': '539.120', 'text': 'flyers allowed?"  Janette\'s invitation to'}, {'start': '537.480', 'end': '542.600', 'text': 'become a flyer sparked'}, {'start': '539.120', 'end': '544.959', 'text': 'surprise, resistance, and hope.  I'}, {'start': '542.600', 'end': '548.120', 'text': 'told him, "Well, Don Bulmaro invited us, we'}, {'start': '544.959', 'end': '550.399', 'text': 'did it, nothing happened and here we'}, {'start': '548.120', 'end': '554.440', 'text': 'are, right? Here we are."  And also,'}, {'start': '550.399', 'end': '558.000', 'text': 'well, we know that everything evolves and in'}, {'start': '554.440', 'end': '561.440', 'text': 'this case the dance as well and the'}, {'start': '558.000', 'end': '564.720', 'text': 'ritual of the flyers as well.'}, {'start': '561.440', 'end': '566.760', 'text': 'evolved with the flying women.'}, {'start': '564.720', 'end': '568.399', 'text': 'Today, his story reminds us that'}, {'start': '566.760', 'end': '573.240', 'text': 'traditions are not broken when they'}, {'start': '568.399', 'end': '573.240', 'text': 'evolve; on the contrary, they fly'}, {'start': '577.320', 'end': '583.760', 'text': 'higher. [Music]  This is the tecomate and this is'}, {'start': '580.959', 'end': '587.680', 'text': 'where they stand with one'}, {'start': '583.760', 'end': '591.440', 'text': 'foot and dance on the tip of the'}, {'start': '587.680', 'end': '594.880', 'text': 'flying stick.  A diameter of 35, 40, 30'}, {'start': '591.440', 'end': '602.320', 'text': 'cm.  30 cm.'}, {'start': '594.880', 'end': '608.880', 'text': 'And look at my hand.  Well, dancing'}, {'start': '602.320', 'end': '611.680', 'text': 'sometimes up to 42 m high is for the'}, {'start': '608.880', 'end': '613.480', 'text': 'brave.  This is the one that I,'}, {'start': '611.680', 'end': '617.079', 'text': "well, mine, let's say, the one that I take up"}, {'start': '613.480', 'end': '619.480', 'text': 'where I take up to fly.  This is from my'}, {'start': '617.079', 'end': '621.040', 'text': 'other brother.  Well, we are eight'}, {'start': '619.480', 'end': '622.839', 'text': "siblings.  Yes, that's what he tells me.  And of"}, {'start': '621.040', 'end': '624.800', 'text': 'the eight siblings, well right now each'}, {'start': '622.839', 'end': '626.920', 'text': 'one has their own group.  So, one of'}, {'start': '624.800', 'end': '629.680', 'text': 'my brothers goes up with his group with this one, let'}, {'start': '626.920', 'end': '633.839', 'text': "'s say this one, which is mine, and each one"}, {'start': '629.680', 'end': '636.360', 'text': 'has his own thing and each one puts what he'}, {'start': '633.839', 'end': '639.160', 'text': 'feels into it, right?  It looks like what'}, {'start': '636.360', 'end': '643.160', 'text': "So, if they invite you, let's say"}, {'start': '639.160', 'end': '646.399', 'text': 'to Tlisco, you take this Yes, of'}, {'start': '643.160', 'end': '648.560', 'text': 'course.  I carry all this.  part of what they'}, {'start': '646.399', 'end': '652.279', 'text': "are, let's say, is"}, {'start': '648.560', 'end': '653.200', 'text': 'winds.  This green that you see here, this'}, {'start': '652.279', 'end': '656.040', 'text': 'green'}, {'start': '653.200', 'end': '658.440', 'text': 'we have two that are winds that are what'}, {'start': '656.040', 'end': '660.920', 'text': 'reach double from top to bottom.'}, {'start': '658.440', 'end': '663.680', 'text': 'And all this is what we put as a'}, {'start': '660.920', 'end': '666.440', 'text': 'ladder.  Here, since the'}, {'start': '663.680', 'end': '669.040', 'text': "tube, which is smooth, doesn't have a ladder, we put this"}, {'start': '666.440', 'end': '671.560', 'text': "amount of ribbon on it, let's say.  Yeah.  where we"}, {'start': '669.040', 'end': '673.800', 'text': 'say as I had said that in Atlisco,'}, {'start': '671.560', 'end': '675.040', 'text': 'in Atlisco there are steps, we do not use the'}, {'start': '673.800', 'end': '676.959', 'text': 'type of ladder, so we only'}, {'start': '675.040', 'end': '679.480', 'text': 'carry pure winds that are the'}, {'start': '676.959', 'end': '682.480', 'text': 'green ribbons, the green ones, the tecomate and the'}, {'start': '679.480', 'end': '682.480', 'text': 'painting.'}, {'start': '688.519', 'end': '693.600', 'text': 'What is the process of the'}, {'start': '690.519', 'end': '696.399', 'text': 'flying ritual?  There are three parts.  The'}, {'start': '693.600', 'end': '698.519', 'text': 'first is to go and cut the'}, {'start': '696.399', 'end': '701.959', 'text': 'flying stick in the mountains.'}, {'start': '698.519', 'end': '704.399', 'text': 'A ritual is performed, a request is made'}, {'start': '701.959', 'end': '706.760', 'text': "to the mountain to give you permission.  We're going to"}, {'start': '704.399', 'end': '707.560', 'text': 'go cut some flying stick.  They will see what'}, {'start': '707.560', 'end': '712.399', 'text': 'the offering is like, what is'}, {'start': '710.480', 'end': '714.959', 'text': 'involved in asking the God of the'}, {'start': '712.399', 'end': '718.279', 'text': 'mountain, the sea, the'}, {'start': '714.959', 'end': '722.839', 'text': 'mountain.  In that case we bring flowers,'}, {'start': '718.279', 'end': '727.000', 'text': 'wine, this, cigars, food, make an'}, {'start': '722.839', 'end': '730.160', 'text': 'offering, cut it down, each costing seven blows with an axe,'}, {'start': '727.000', 'end': '734.120', 'text': 'and then the faineros, those'}, {'start': '730.160', 'end': '736.880', 'text': 'from the town who cut it down, well, I play, as you'}, {'start': '734.120', 'end': '738.680', 'text': 'heard a little while ago, when it is dragged,'}, {'start': '736.880', 'end': '742.000', 'text': 'a similar ritual is performed with a flute and'}, {'start': '738.680', 'end': '744.120', 'text': 'drum so that they give you permission and the'}, {'start': '742.000', 'end': '746.040', 'text': 'pole does not feel so heavy and people'}, {'start': '744.120', 'end': '748.560', 'text': 'drag it.'}, {'start': '746.040', 'end': '751.560', 'text': 'When you reach the place where you are going to plant,'}, {'start': '748.560', 'end': '754.399', 'text': 'the second point is to make'}, {'start': '751.560', 'end': '757.399', 'text': 'a hole to stop the'}, {'start': '754.399', 'end': '760.959', 'text': 'flying stick.  Then another'}, {'start': '757.399', 'end': '764.199', 'text': 'ritual is performed to apologize for'}, {'start': '760.959', 'end': '766.360', 'text': 'having cut and so that nothing happens to the'}, {'start': '764.199', 'end': '768.600', 'text': "stick, so that it doesn't fall and all that."}, {'start': '766.360', 'end': '770.800', 'text': 'So, permission and forgiveness at the same'}, {'start': '768.600', 'end': '776.160', 'text': 'time, right?  With everything we have already carried, it'}, {'start': '770.800', 'end': '776.160', 'text': 'stops and the third part begins.'}, {'start': '777.120', 'end': '782.160', 'text': 'And so begins the ritual dance of the'}, {'start': '779.519', 'end': '782.160', 'text': 'flyers of'}, {'start': '782.570', 'end': '793.799', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '794.639', 'end': '800.040', 'text': 'Huauchinango.  What is your'}, {'start': '796.600', 'end': '802.399', 'text': 'feeling about your family'}, {'start': '800.040', 'end': '805.000', 'text': 'preserving such an'}, {'start': '802.399', 'end': '807.199', 'text': 'important tradition?  This ritual dance is of'}, {'start': '805.000', 'end': '810.279', 'text': 'great value.  We have also'}, {'start': '807.199', 'end': '813.360', 'text': 'seen it in other'}, {'start': '810.279', 'end': '815.880', 'text': 'communities, as dance is deeply rooted'}, {'start': '813.360', 'end': '817.880', 'text': 'in the community.  Well, it is always'}, {'start': '815.880', 'end': '821.320', 'text': 'requested for everyone, wherever'}, {'start': '817.880', 'end': '823.880', 'text': 'we go.  It is asked for fertility,'}, {'start': '821.320', 'end': '826.079', 'text': 'for rain, and these rains'}, {'start': '823.880', 'end': '829.000', 'text': 'obviously give us abundance so'}, {'start': '826.079', 'end': '832.199', 'text': 'that there are harvests, so that the'}, {'start': '829.000', 'end': '835.199', 'text': 'harvests are good, and so that there is'}, {'start': '832.199', 'end': '835.199', 'text': 'harmony.'}, {'start': '843.040', 'end': '848.959', 'text': 'The same people perform the dance of the'}, {'start': '845.440', 'end': '851.079', 'text': 'flyers to heal their community,'}, {'start': '848.959', 'end': '854.399', 'text': "so that all bad things go away.  It's a"}, {'start': '851.079', 'end': '857.240', 'text': "very strong bond, isn't it?  That you,"}, {'start': '854.399', 'end': '860.839', 'text': 'as a dancer, can go and do something'}, {'start': '857.240', 'end': '860.839', 'text': 'good for everyone.'}, {'start': '864.639', 'end': '869.240', 'text': 'A loop chain is put on it so it can be'}, {'start': '866.759', 'end': '871.040', 'text': 'raised.  An apple is placed on top, which'}, {'start': '869.240', 'end': '872.800', 'text': 'we call tecomate.  Many'}, {'start': '871.040', 'end': '878.199', 'text': 'people know it as an apple, but this one'}, {'start': '872.800', 'end': '878.199', 'text': 'is a painting where the four'}, {'start': '886.839', 'end': '892.800', 'text': 'flying birds are.  Madaí is 18 years old and is the'}, {'start': '890.120', 'end': '895.000', 'text': 'granddaughter of Mr. Bulmaro and she also'}, {'start': '892.800', 'end': '896.040', 'text': 'flies.  What do your friends tell you about your'}, {'start': '895.000', 'end': '899.240', 'text': 'flying?'}, {'start': '896.040', 'end': '901.360', 'text': 'Nothing, well, they get just as excited as I do'}, {'start': '899.240', 'end': '904.040', 'text': 'because they always want to come see me,'}, {'start': '901.360', 'end': '906.199', 'text': 'they always want me to'}, {'start': '904.040', 'end': '908.040', 'text': 'tell them where the'}, {'start': '906.199', 'end': '910.880', 'text': "live broadcast is if they can't come.  They always want to"}, {'start': '908.040', 'end': '914.279', 'text': 'see me, they ask me how I feel.  What'}, {'start': '910.880', 'end': '918.120', 'text': 'is the part where your heart'}, {'start': '914.279', 'end': '921.759', 'text': 'beats the strongest?  When I go up to dance.'}, {'start': '918.120', 'end': '924.600', 'text': 'Do you dance too?  I have been dancing since I was 10 years old,'}, {'start': '921.759', 'end': '926.800', 'text': 'up in Tecomate.  Hey, I started'}, {'start': '924.600', 'end': '929.839', 'text': 'dancing and flying when I was 6'}, {'start': '926.800', 'end': '930.720', 'text': 'years old.  At 10, I took the opportunity to go'}, {'start': '929.839', 'end': '933.079', 'text': 'up and'}, {'start': '930.720', 'end': '934.600', 'text': 'dance, and it was one of the best'}, {'start': '933.079', 'end': '937.440', 'text': 'experiences I could have had in my'}, {'start': '934.600', 'end': '940.600', 'text': 'life because from then on, they never let me down. I'}, {'start': '937.440', 'end': '944.319', 'text': "couldn't get off the tecomate, and now"}, {'start': '940.600', 'end': '948.399', 'text': "I'm the one who dances"}, {'start': '944.319', 'end': '949.640', 'text': "on top.  It's where my mind rests,"}, {'start': '948.399', 'end': '952.720', 'text': "it's where I can be"}, {'start': '949.640', 'end': '952.720', 'text': '[Applause]'}, {'start': '960.399', 'end': '965.560', 'text': 'me.  You make the four'}, {'start': '962.480', 'end': '968.279', 'text': 'cardinal points asking permission to'}, {'start': '965.560', 'end': '970.680', 'text': 'let you dance.  Then a'}, {'start': '968.279', 'end': '973.480', 'text': 'person gets on and performs the ritual to'}, {'start': '970.680', 'end': '975.800', 'text': 'speak with the gods.  You play the flute and'}, {'start': '973.480', 'end': '979.399', 'text': 'drum, the flute is the sound of the'}, {'start': '975.800', 'end': '982.800', 'text': 'birds, the birds, all that, and the drum is'}, {'start': '979.399', 'end': '985.240', 'text': 'the sound of the heart.  So we'}, {'start': '982.800', 'end': '987.920', 'text': 'try to communicate'}, {'start': '985.240', 'end': '990.959', 'text': 'with the gods up high, trying to get them to'}, {'start': '987.920', 'end': '993.959', 'text': 'listen to our hearts and with the melody'}, {'start': '990.959', 'end': '998.399', 'text': 'of the flute so that they pay attention to us, so that they'}, {'start': '993.959', 'end': '998.399', 'text': 'give us rain so there is much'}, {'start': '1002.000', 'end': '1005.000', 'text': 'fertility.   Are'}, {'start': '1008.120', 'end': '1013.440', 'text': "n't you afraid of your children climbing"}, {'start': '1012.079', 'end': '1016.079', 'text': 'so'}, {'start': '1013.440', 'end': '1018.480', 'text': "high?  Well, it's not a fear.  That is,"}, {'start': '1016.079', 'end': '1021.319', 'text': 'whenever we have been able to'}, {'start': '1018.480', 'end': '1025.000', 'text': 'share the three, in this case, the'}, {'start': '1021.319', 'end': '1027.919', 'text': 'flight, the dance, being up high,'}, {'start': '1025.000', 'end': '1032.439', 'text': 'climbing, in the end we feel'}, {'start': '1027.919', 'end': '1037.400', 'text': 'protected if we are together equally.'}, {'start': '1032.439', 'end': '1037.400', 'text': 'In the end, we all take care of each other.'}, {'start': '1060.160', 'end': '1065.160', 'text': 'And then from there the foreman sits down or'}, {'start': '1063.400', 'end': '1068.480', 'text': 'is the one who performs the ritual up above, he'}, {'start': '1065.160', 'end': '1073.280', 'text': 'sits down, the four points are tied and they'}, {'start': '1068.480', 'end': '1073.280', 'text': 'jump into the void, which is then the flight.'}, {'start': '1090.640', 'end': '1093.739', 'text': '[Applause]'}, {'start': '1101.890', 'end': '1121.259', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '1129.920', 'end': '1132.969', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '1141.210', 'end': '1147.039', 'text': '[Applause]'}, {'start': '1147.120', 'end': '1152.900', 'text': 'Loud applause again for the brothers,'}, {'start': '1149.520', 'end': '1156.059', 'text': 'applause can be heard.'}, {'start': '1152.900', 'end': '1156.059', 'text': '[Applause] As soon as they'}, {'start': '1158.000', 'end': '1164.000', 'text': 'get down, they'}, {'start': '1160.159', 'end': '1166.200', 'text': 'untie themselves, the foreman comes down, they ask for or'}, {'start': '1164.000', 'end': '1170.200', 'text': 'give thanks at the end of the last Z'}, {'start': '1166.200', 'end': '1173.480', 'text': 'to finish and give thanks that they are'}, {'start': '1170.200', 'end': '1176.280', 'text': 'already down and leave.  How do you see'}, {'start': '1173.480', 'end': '1179.360', 'text': 'this tradition in the future?'}, {'start': '1176.280', 'end': '1183.840', 'text': 'Well, I see that my'}, {'start': '1179.360', 'end': '1186.880', 'text': 'children, my daughters-in-law, my'}, {'start': '1183.840', 'end': '1193.080', 'text': 'grandchildren and now you see that one'}, {'start': '1186.880', 'end': '1196.159', 'text': 'of my great-grandchildren is already walking and you see, yes, the blood'}, {'start': '1193.080', 'end': '1199.080', 'text': 'calls.  The blood calls.  You saw that all the'}, {'start': '1196.159', 'end': '1200.960', 'text': 'flying women also danced with'}, {'start': '1199.080', 'end': '1203.960', 'text': 'one foot.'}, {'start': '1200.960', 'end': '1207.400', 'text': 'Yes, yes, I saw him there on the Veracruz drone,'}, {'start': '1203.960', 'end': '1208.960', 'text': 'because our flying brothers and'}, {'start': '1207.400', 'end': '1212.840', 'text': 'friends,'}, {'start': '1208.960', 'end': '1215.240', 'text': 'companions, we are united.  Yes,'}, {'start': '1212.840', 'end': '1218.760', 'text': 'sometimes they invite us to be pure'}, {'start': '1215.240', 'end': '1222.679', 'text': 'red Aztecs and we are eagle brothers.'}, {'start': '1218.760', 'end': '1225.799', 'text': "If you liked the eagle one better, we'll"}, {'start': '1222.679', 'end': '1225.799', 'text': 'help you.'}, {'start': '1227.240', 'end': '1230.319', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '1232.610', 'end': '1236.919', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '1233.880', 'end': '1242.280', 'text': 'Maestro Bulmaro has invited us to his'}, {'start': '1236.919', 'end': '1242.280', 'text': 'house and well, we are delighted.'}, {'start': '1252.280', 'end': '1256.240', 'text': 'Well, my name is Dulce María'}, {'start': '1253.760', 'end': '1259.919', 'text': 'Maldonado Trujillo, I am 23 years'}, {'start': '1256.240', 'end': '1262.760', 'text': 'old and I have been flying for 11 years.  My name'}, {'start': '1259.919', 'end': '1266.240', 'text': 'is Mara Janet Maldonado Sánchez, I am'}, {'start': '1262.760', 'end': '1268.960', 'text': '18 years old and I have been flying for 13 years.  I am'}, {'start': '1266.240', 'end': '1272.679', 'text': 'Fátima Maldonado from Trujillo, I am 25'}, {'start': '1268.960', 'end': '1275.880', 'text': 'years old and I have been flying for 14 years.  My name'}, {'start': '1272.679', 'end': '1279.120', 'text': 'is Gloria Trujillo Escamilla, I am 46'}, {'start': '1275.880', 'end': '1281.919', 'text': 'years old and I have been flying for 28 years.  Hi, I'}, {'start': '1279.120', 'end': '1284.159', 'text': "'m Mad Maldonado, I'm 18 years old and I've been"}, {'start': '1281.919', 'end': '1287.880', 'text': 'flying for 12 years.  My name is Felipe'}, {'start': '1284.159', 'end': '1290.640', 'text': 'Maldonado Vargas, I am 50 years old and I have been'}, {'start': '1287.880', 'end': '1295.120', 'text': 'flying for 45 years.  My name is Janette'}, {'start': '1290.640', 'end': '1298.039', 'text': "Sánchez Hernández, I'm 46 years old and I've"}, {'start': '1295.120', 'end': '1300.640', 'text': "been flying for 28 years. I'm very"}, {'start': '1298.039', 'end': '1302.400', 'text': 'proud of my traditions and of continuing to'}, {'start': '1300.640', 'end': '1304.760', 'text': 'preserve this ritual of the'}, {'start': '1302.400', 'end': '1304.760', 'text': 'flyers.'}]