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| | Canku Ota - May 3, 2003 - Ancient Dance Offers Girls a Passage to Womanhood |
 | | Under a fl kerchief, Ana Esquivels face is serious with concentration, but when her feet leave the ground in the dance of maíz, her smile briefly transforms her from a young woman into a very happy girl. |
 | | In the Xilonen year, each girl is required to maintain at least a C average in school, to attend the majority of rehearsals and performances, to lead dances, and to speak in palabra, the sharing circle at the close of rehearsals, and to the public at performances. |
 | | Like a dance for harmony and a prayer for respect, a flock of white swans passed directly over the altar, the beat of their wings in unison, the reach of their necks in symmetry. |
| www.turtletrack.org /Issues03/Co05032003/CO_05032003_Passage.htm (1980 words) |
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