Handkerchief belonging to the dance costume of a volador

Scarf of the costume worn by men who perform the "flight of the voladores. \Five voladores, flying men, climb a pole up to 30 feet high. Four of them have a rope tied to their ankle, which is wound around the pole. They throw themselves backwards and descend, head down, in a number of revolutions - usually thirteen - to the ground. The fifth person is the capitán, the leader. He plays a flute and …