Fiesta de los Flores, December 15

A ritual and religious celebration. Floreros, flower gatherers, perform the yearly ritual of collecting bromeliads from the jungles of Chiapas in order to create two separate mangers as part of a celebration of the Nativity. Batches of blooming bromeliads are carried 30 miles down a mountain to the town of Chiapa de Corzo, where the Floreros are from. Homage is paid at the home where the Christ child is being kept. The little Christ is then taken in procession to the next location where it will rest. The flowers are taken to the church where they are blessed. Dancing, praying, and offerings are made. Two separate mangers for the little Christ are fashioned from the flowers. These slides document the activities occurring in the town of Navenchauc during this festival.

These slides are housed in LSF Container JJ.

A descriptive narrative of these slides is found on audiocassette #16 side A, which is housed in LSF Container RR.