Fiesta de La Virgen de la Candelaria,February 2, February 2

A religous and agriculture festival known as Candlemas. On this day candles and seeds for planting are blessed in churches. It is a rite of purification. In Tlacotlpan, Veracuz, a river culture, the procession of the Virgin takes place on the water using a barge and boats. During the celebration this culture also holds a running of the bulls known as a pamplonada, and stages cockfights. These slides document processions, effigies, churches, music, dance, ephemeral decorations, traditional and ritual food preparation and consumption, drinking, merry making, rodeos, carnival rides, fireworks displays, and other traditions associated with this festival as celebrated in these various villages and towns.

These slides are housed in LSF Container B.

A descriptive narrative of these slides is found on audiocassette #2 side A, which is housed in LSF Container RR.