Native American Dressed as Character During Dance

(Original Caption) This interesting and unusual photograph shows one of the strangest of religious dances- the Easter-Spring dance of the Yaqui Indians near Tucson, Arizona. The dance starts on Good Friday morning and continues until Easter morning. At present, the Christian element, ingrained by the early Spanish Catholic missionaries, predominates- but traces of the conventional spring time salvatory symbolism of the primitive Indian are still very noticeable. Photo shows "Pontius Pilot," one of the principal figures of the dance. He takes part in the pageantry representing the betrayal of Christ. (Photo by George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images)