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A Spanish dance-drama from El Salvador about the battle between the Christians and the Moors is combined here with music of the indigenous people, the Pipil, who are descendants of the Aztecs. Spanish missionaries originally used religious dramas like this to convert local populations to Christianity.
"Los Historiantes" from The Pipil Indians of El Salvador (Cat.# Smithsonian/Folkways 04244) (p)1992 Folkways Records. All rights reserved.