Fiesta Patronal de Santiago Apóstol, July 24-25

A celebration of the apostle Saint James. Legend has it that during the re-conquest of Spain, St. James appeared on a white horse and slayed Moors, animating Spanish troops to fight harder to regain their country. He is the patron saint of Spain. This collection of slides is rich in detail with many dances and characters associated with those dances; the horsemen of Chiapas; Tastoanes of Zacatecas; the local agricultural dances such as Tlacololeros, Machomulas, jaguars of Guerrero; Tejorones, Tortuga, and Mascaritas dances of Oaxaca; the Voladores and Negrito dances of Puebla, Huehue dancers of Veracruz, and the famous Diablos dances of Juxtluahuaca, Oaxaca. These slides document musicians, dances, costumes, masks, food, drinking, processions, offerings, churches, rodeos, ephemeral decorations, fireworks displays, and other traditions associated with this festival as celebrated in these various towns and villages.

These slides are housed in LSF Container U, Container V, and Container W.

A descriptive narrative of these slides is found on audiocassette #9 side A and B, which is housed in LSF Container RR.