Ballet Folklórico de El Salvador os Historiantes”. The origin of this artistic manifestation which combines theater, dance, music, and the declamation of dramatic texts in verse, many times of great narrative and poetic value, remount in the Colonial Times. They affirm that this expression was introduced by the Frail Franciscans; who tried to win the will of the native and attract them so that they could teach the Catholic doctrine. The stories would narrate episodes of the crusades and conquests and “re-conquest”. This was a long battle between the Christians and Muslims in the Medieval Spain, from VIII Century to XV Century. The dance is guided by a tester. Each group of historians has between twelve to fifteen members. They use blond male masks and “Barbados” simple pants, and “tunics” and multicolored caps. Besides getting all dressed up with feathers, helmets with zoomorphic figures and brilliant colors, embroidered and other articles as garment, they carry “machete bowie knife” and swords. “Empuñana” their weapons and they dance at the same time they are reciting their stories, generally in verse. In the representation of the Tejutla historians, at Chalatenango, the most interesting particularity is that the queen; interpreted by a man, runs the action; which is a singular case among all the historians of the country. Among the most known expressions, we can find “La Historia de Carlomagno”, “La Historia <strong>del</strong> Rey Marsilio”, “Igolante”, “Los Israelitas”, “La Carolina”, “El Baile <strong>del</strong> Consuelo”, “La Batalla de San Bartolo”, “El Renegado Taborlán de Persia”, “The Dance of the Mayors”, “Los Israelitas”, etc. Among the communities that still conserve this traditions we can recall: San Antonio Abad, Panchimalco, Santiago Texacuangos, in the Department of San Salvador; Nahuizalco, Izalco, Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Santa Isabel Ishuatán, Cuisnahuat and San Antonio <strong>del</strong> Monte, in the Department of Sonsonate; Tejutla in Chalatenango; San Pedro Puxtla and Ataco in Ahuachapán; Jayaque and Teotepeque in the Department of La Libertad; Apastepeque, in San Vicente, and Conchagua in La Unión. Different plays take place in each locality with a proper characteristic of the place. For example, in Nahuizalco, a particular characteristic is that each princess dances, and they carry their words and crowns. This is a unique case because generally, in this type of representation, only men dance because it is a dance of war. 60
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