I need help looping animation

okay so i'm trying to loop the animation. i tryed using a for loop to loop it 4 times and it looped my trace statemnt 4 times but not my animation. any suggestions on how to loop the animation?
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import fl.motion.Animator;
for (var i:Number = 0; i < 5; i++)
trace(i);
var this_xml:XML = <Motion duration="449" xmlns="fl.motion.*" xmlns:geom="flash.geom.*" xmlns:filters="flash.filters.*">
<source>
<Source frameRate="19" x="0" y="0" scaleX="1" scaleY="1" rotation="0" elementType="movie clip" symbolName="cowanimation">
<dimensions>
<geom:Rectangle left="-8.5" top="-21.9" width="17.05" height="43.85"/>
</dimensions>
<transformationPoint>
<geom:Point x="0.49853372434017595" y="0.4994298745724059"/>
</transformationPoint>
</Source>
</source>
<Keyframe index="0" tweenSnap="true">
<tweens>
<CustomEase>
<geom:Point x="0.2096" y="0"/>
<geom:Point x="0.811" y="1"/>
</CustomEase>
</tweens>
</Keyframe>
<Keyframe index="194" tweenSnap="true" x="67.65" y="-80.3" rotation="60">
<tweens>
<CustomEase>
<geom:Point x="0.2096" y="0"/>
<geom:Point x="0.811" y="1"/>
</CustomEase>
</tweens>
</Keyframe>
<Keyframe index="240" tweenSnap="true" x="77.75" y="-62.25" rotation="-150">
<tweens>
<CustomEase>
<geom:Point x="0.2096" y="0"/>
<geom:Point x="0.811" y="1"/>
</CustomEase>
</tweens>
</Keyframe>
<Keyframe index="378" tweenSnap="true" x="17.35" y="13.05">
<tweens>
<CustomEase>
<geom:Point x="0.2096" y="0"/>
<geom:Point x="0.811" y="1"/>
</CustomEase>
</tweens>
</Keyframe>
<Keyframe index="448" tweenSnap="true" x="0" y="0" rotation="0">
<tweens>
<CustomEase>
<geom:Point x="0.2096" y="0"/>
<geom:Point x="0.811" y="1"/>
</CustomEase>
</tweens>
</Keyframe>
</Motion>;
var this_animator:Animator = new Animator(this_xml,this);
this_animator.play()

The problem with a for and while loop is that it will take complete the entire loop during the frame. That is why u dint see it. What u could do is increase the index by 1 each frame and then display that movie clip frame. Via gotoAndStop(index).

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