Territory Tecuanes traditional dance in the states of Morelos and Guerrero

By Oscar Cortes Palma

 About 150 villages dancing dressed as jaguars in Mexico, 135 villages are located in this region: "The Suriana region."

Tecuan dance and other variants spanning a region comprising about 10, 000 square kilometers and includes the border villages located between the states of Mexico, Morelos, Guerrero and Puebla.


In the state of Morelos, this dance is danced in 13 villages:

1. Alpuyeca, Xochitepec
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4. Coatetelco, Miacatlán
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6. Ocotepec, Cuernavaca
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8.-Tetecala
9. 
10.-Tetelpa, Zacatepec
11. 
12.-Tlatenchi, Jojutla
13. Telixtac, Axochiapan

Previously it was danced in other villages more like Tepoztlan, Tehuixtla and Temixco, but stopped danced in the course of the twentieth century.

The dance of the Tecuanes also danced in populations near Morelos belonging to the state of Guerrero. So far I have been 46 villages but can be a little more, and are located in northern and mountain region of Guerrero state:


1. Acapetlahuaya, Canute
2. 
3. 
4. Ciudad Altamirano, Pungarabato
5. 
6. Alpoyeca
7. 
8. Tlaquiltepec
9. Cacalutla
10. Coyuca de Catalán,
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12. Cocula
13. 
14. de 
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16. Chilacachapa
17. Huitzuco of Figueroa
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19. Huehuetepec
20. San Andrés Huixtac
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23. Ixcatepec, Arcelia,
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25. Mexiquiapan
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27. Oxtotitlan
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29. Pachivia
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31. Poliutla, 
32. Tecoyo, Alcozauca de Guerrero
33. 
34. Tlapa
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36. 
37. Temalacatzingo, Olinalá
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39. 
40. Tlatzala, Tlapa
41. 
42. Tecuiciapan
43. 
44. Tuxpan, Iguala
45. Xalpatlahuac
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© Text: Oscar Cortes Palma
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