Mexico's 'voladores' seek to keep ancestors' flying spirit alive Spinning in widening circles around a pole as they fly upside-down through the air, four dancers slowly descend to the ground while a fifth one plays the drum and the flute on top of the pole. It's the "danza de los voladores," the dance of the flyers, a more than 4,000-year-old ritual practiced by the Totonac people of central Mexico, who are fighting to keep the tradition alive by giving it some modern tweaks. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES