[Curpite dancer]

Item Description
Local Identifier
142_spc_000218
Member of
With Our Own Eyes / Con Nuestros Propios Ojos Documentary Photography Project
Collection Number
MS0142
Finding Aid URI
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8jm2gr3/
Linked Agent
Photographer (pht): Mariano Aguilar, Jr.
Container
2
Date Created
2005 (year uncertain)
Description

Description supplied by photographer: "Un Curpite en frente de la casa de mi tía. Los niños aprenden esta danza desde chicos y a si se asegura que las tradiciones continuen de una generación a otra. Solamente los jovenes solteros pueden participar en La Danza De Los Curpites." - "A small Curpite dancer standing in front of my aunts house in San Juan Nuevo. Boys begin to learn to dance at an early age and the traditions are passed on from one generation to another. Only unmarried young men are permitted to dance."

Geographic Subject
San Juan Nuevo
Mexico
Original format
Photographic print
Resource Type
Still Image
Use and Reproduction
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Rights
Copyright, Mariano Aguilar, Jr.