Fiesta de la Natividad de la Virgen, September 8

A religious celebration of the Nativity. In Santa María de Ocotán, Durango, the Ixcaignon, a cranium relic of a euhemeristic folk saint, is paid homage. In Cuzama, Yucatán, a bull ring is constructed out of bamboo for the festival bull fight and the Vaqueria dance, traditional to all Yucatec towns is performed. The whole community participates in the dance, men dressed in white and women in beautifully embroidered clothing. In Sotuta, Yucatán there is a village bullfight. In the end, the bulls are spared from death. These slides document musicians, dances, costumes, masks, food, offerings, ephemeral decorations, churches, bull fights, fireworks displays, and other traditions associated with this festival as celebrated in these various villages and towns.

These slides are housed in LSF Container Y and Container Z.

A descriptive narrative of these slides is found on audiocassettes #10 side B and #11 side A, which are housed in LSF Container RR.