Dancing For Rain (1960)

Item title reads - Dancing for rain. Mexico. Elevated Papantla village in Mexico. M/S men and boys on horses riding through streets. Various shots of Totonac Indians dancing through the streets in procession during their fiesta. M/S people watching. M/S camera pans up pole to dancers at top, C/U man with camera. M/S dancers suspended upside down with rope, M/S as framework at top begins to spin and they spiral downwards as rope unwinds, this is a rain dance. M/S as they swing further down. M/S people watching. M/S dancers as they near the ground. M/S dancers walking around afterwards. FILM ID:1684.3 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empi