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1. Setting the stage

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. Setting the stage 7
  5. 2. Fiesta leaders, officials, and saints (Mayordomos, cargueros, y santos) 22
  6. 3. Vigils, visits, and ritual meals (Velaciones, posadas, y reliquias) 43
  7. 4. processions, encounters, ceremonies, and masses (Procesiones, encuentros, ceremonias, y misas) 66
  8. 5. Dances, dance dramas, and entertainments 94
  9. 6. Toward understanding the patron saint fiesta 115
  10. Appendices: Contents 141
  11. Notes 187
  12. Glossary 195
  13. References 199
  14. Index 207
Adoring the Saints
This chapter is in the book Adoring the Saints
https://doi.org/10.7560/719804-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. Setting the stage 7
  5. 2. Fiesta leaders, officials, and saints (Mayordomos, cargueros, y santos) 22
  6. 3. Vigils, visits, and ritual meals (Velaciones, posadas, y reliquias) 43
  7. 4. processions, encounters, ceremonies, and masses (Procesiones, encuentros, ceremonias, y misas) 66
  8. 5. Dances, dance dramas, and entertainments 94
  9. 6. Toward understanding the patron saint fiesta 115
  10. Appendices: Contents 141
  11. Notes 187
  12. Glossary 195
  13. References 199
  14. Index 207
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