pascola
noun
pas·co·la
\päˈskōlə\
Definition of pascola
-s
: a masked fiesta dancer of the Cahita and Yaqui Indians who provides a ceremonial type of burlesquing and clowning through his ritual dances
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Origin and Etymology of pascola
Mexican Spanish, from Yaqui pahko' ola, literally, old man of the fiesta
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