Niño Cieguecito, August 10

A celebration of the little patron saint of the Sonora market in Mexico City. The Convento de las Capuchinas is where this saint originates. Legend has it that he was part of a sculpture in the arms of a Virgin Mary located in a church in the state of Morelos. A thief tried to steal money from the offering boxes inside the church, but failed. Instead, he took the baby Jesus. When he took the baby it cried. He broke its arms and legs off to make it stop and it cried more. He found a gold pin and used it to scratch the baby’s eyes out, then took the baby up a hill and buried him under a rock. Later, the baby was found restored back into the depicted effigy. He was brought to the Nuns for care and cloistering. The actual blonde effigy remains there and is brought out only for this festival. These slides document the procession paying homage to the effigy of the Christ Child, the celebration to crown the Niño, a shrine with ephemeral decorations, the church, as well as, other traditions associated with this festival.

These slides are housed in LSF Container X.

A descriptive narrative of these slides is found on audiocassette #10 side A, which is housed in LSF Container RR.