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THE NATIVES IN THE VILLAGE DANCE AS IN A TRANCE DIFFERENT AGES HEIGHT SEXES AND COLORS BRIGHT COLORS EARTH COLORS BLACKS AND BROWNS COLORS PEOPLE AND SPACES CHANGE PLACES UNTIL THEY BECOME ONE LARGE COLOR ONE LARGE SOUND ONE LARGE PLACE ENERGIES AND SPIRITS MOVE IN AND OUT AND SURROUND THE STREET AS THE BODIES AND HEARTS OF THE VILLAGE PEOPLE IN FANCY DRESS BECOME THE BEAT OF THE DRUMS BELLS WHISTLES AND SCREAMS PUT ON YOUR DANCING FACE AND FEET AND YOUR MOVES OF GRACE WEAR YOUR MASKS OF THE GODS AND SPIRITS OF MYTH AND TAKE ON THEIR PLACE IN YOUR MANORS AND MOVES LEGS, FEET, HIPS, BREASTS AND ASSES MOVE OUT IN ALL DIRECTIONS KICKING, SWEEPING AND JERKING TO THE SYNCOPATED RHYTHMS OF THE NIGHT TILL THE NEXT DAY BACK TO THE ROUTINE OF MISERY, HUNGER AND DISEASE BETWEEN THE DANCE

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