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Fiesta de la Preciosa Sangre de Cristo, July 7

 Series

Scope and Contents

A religious celebration honoring the precious blood of Christ. These slides document the procession, elaborate feather headdresses, marmotas, (cloth globes with colored paper and pictures of saints painted on them that are candle lit at night), the Danza de la Pluma's, fireworks display, and other traditions associated with this festival.

These slides are housed in LSF Container U.

A descriptive narrative of these slides is found on audiocassette #8 side B, which is housed in LSF Container RR.

Dates

  • Creation: July 7

Repository Details

Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository

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