Fiesta de la Aparicion de San Miguel Arcangel, May 8-10

A celebration of the patron Saint Michael the Archangel, one of the principal angels. His name was the war-cry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against the enemy and his followers. In Coaxtlahuacan, Guerrero, this festival is held in the crater of an extinct volcano. The Tlacololeros dance in propitiation to the rain god, and the Danza de los Pescaditos measures devotion through the propitiation of pain. These slides document musicians, dances, costumes, masks, food, processions, ephemeral altar decorations, churches, fireworks displays, and other traditions associated with this festival.

These slides are housed in LSF Container P.

A descriptive narrative of these slides is found on audiocassette #7 side A and B, which is housed in LSF Container RR.