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Mexican concheros  

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  • The term concheros is derived from concha, the name of the musical stringed instrument that Mexican dancers use. Regardless of their precise origin, concheros have been performing with their colorful garments for a long time in the atriums of the Catholic churches of several cities and towns in the center of Mexico. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Mexican Concheros]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-V2LRRG66-H

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