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The Danza de los Viejitos (dance of the old men) is a dance in Michoacán. It is a humorous dance where the dancers wear masks of old people along with their typical campesino clothing. The dance starts out with aching and hunched over old men, with minimal movements. These movements turn into vigorous dancing combined with trembling and coughing and falling over by the "old men".The dance was originated as parody of the old Spanish men (descendants of the Conquistadors).