[Mrs. Don-o]

The article seems a little garbled, which is a shame because I'm quite interested in this. First it says the dances were "banned" by Quakers, then it said "...the practice was prohibited by Russian Catholic missionaries."

(Russian Catholic? I doubt it.)

Then it says the revival of the dancing was approved by the "Friends Church" (Quakers) again,though "some elders" didn't want it. So was this civil law, or church law? Was it voted on? For this particular church congregation, or for everybody?

In Mexico (Tepeyac) I saw a lot of Guadalupana, Azteca and Chichimeca Catholic dancing.

[MsLady]

Yep your right. The article wasn’t real clear. Maybe it was both Catholic and Quakers??? Catholics I can’t see, if it’s Quaker, they probably don’t dance. I don’t know enough about them. If it’s church policy then you either go by what your church says, or you leave. I like the freedom to worship in an expressive way. Some people are real comfortable with doing that.