Fiesta de Santa Rosa de Lima, August 30

A celebration of the patron Saint Rose of Lima, Peru, the first canonized saint of the New World. She is known for her excessive practice of mortification and a life of penance. During the last few years of her life, Rose cared for homeless children, the elderly and the sick. This was the beginning of social services in Peru. These slides document the music, Matachine dancers, costumes, church, ephemera, fireworks display, and other traditions associated with this festival.

These slides are housed in LSF Container Y.

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