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Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispanic Rituals of Captivity and Redemption (Pasó Por Aquí the Nuevomexicano Literary Heritage) - Softcover

Lamadrid, Enrique R.

 
9780826328786: Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispanic Rituals of Captivity and Redemption (Pasó Por Aquí the Nuevomexicano Literary Heritage)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0826328784 ISBN 13: 9780826328786
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2003

Synopsis

One of the great festival traditions shared by Pueblo and Hispano groups of the Southwest is the celebration Los Comanches. Between the end of September and mid-February, communities come alive with re-enactments of centuries-old rituals. Colourful processions, heroic historical dramas, religious morality plays, and boisterous ceremonial dancing combine to form a mixture of defiance of and tribute to the Comanches by the Pueblo and Hispano villagers. Enrique Lamadrid's and Miguel Gandert's account of Los Comanches offers a historical context and typology, but, more importantly, it includes: 'Cuerno Verde y sus hijos', the eighteenth-century victory play depicting the defeat of a Comanche chief; several nativity plays performed in different parts of New Mexico; and 'Los Comanches de la Serna', from Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. With Gandert's documentary photographs and a CD that includes performances of songs from the plays, this volume preserves one of the Southwest's least understood cultural traditions.

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About the Authors

Enrique R. Lamadrid is a literary folklorist and cultural historian in the University of New Mexico's Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

Miguel A. Gandert is professor of journalism and communication, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

From the Back Cover

Lamadrid and Gandert provide historic, poetic, and photographic documentation of one of the least understood festival traditions of the Southwest. Both Pueblo and Hispano groups honor and emulate historic relations of war and peace with the Comanches in celebrations which include an eighteenth century folk drama, nativity plays, and ceremonial dance. Includes a CD with "Comanche" music.

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Lamadrid and Gandert provide historic, poetic, and photographic documentation of one of the least understood festival traditions of the Southwest. Both Pueblo and Hispano groups honor and emulate historic relations of war and peace with the Comanches in celebrations which include an eighteenth century folk drama, nativity plays, and ceremonial dance. Includes a CD with "Comanche" music.

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Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0826328784
ISBN 13 
9780826328786
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
312