TY - BOOK ID - 86347778 TI - Adoring the saints : fiestas in central Mexico AU - Lastra, Yolanda AU - Sherzer, Dina. AU - Sherzer, Joel. PY - 2009 SN - 0292793464 0292719809 PB - Austin : University of Texas Press, DB - UniCat KW - Fasts and feasts KW - Christian patron saints KW - Holy Week KW - Chichimeca-Jonaz Indians KW - Otomi Indians KW - Religion. KW - Social life and customs. KW - Louis KW - Cult KW - San Luis de la Paz (Mexico) KW - San Miguel de Allende (Mexico) KW - Religious life and customs. KW - Hñahñu Indians KW - Nahnu Indians KW - Othomi Indians KW - Indians of Mexico KW - Jonaz-Chichimeca Indians KW - Jonaz Indians KW - Meco Indians KW - Chichimecs KW - Semana Santa Festival KW - Lent KW - Christian saints, Patron KW - Patron Christian saints KW - Patron saints KW - Patron saints, Christian KW - Christian saints KW - Church festivals KW - Ecclesiastical fasts and feasts KW - Fast days KW - Feast days KW - Feasts KW - Heortology KW - Holy days KW - Religious festivals KW - Christian antiquities KW - Days KW - Fasting KW - Liturgics KW - Rites and ceremonies KW - Theology, Practical KW - Church calendar KW - Festivals KW - Holidays KW - Sacred meals KW - Religious aspects KW - Ludovik KW - Luwīs al-Tāsiʻ, KW - Louis, KW - Ludwig, KW - Ludovicus, KW - San Miguel de Allende KW - San Miguel Allende (Mexico) KW - Allende (Guanajuato, Mexico) KW - San Miguel el Grande (Guanajuato, Mexico) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86347778 AB - Mexico is famous for spectacular fiestas that embody its heart and soul. An expression of the cult of the saint, patron saint fiestas are the centerpiece of Mexican popular religion and of great importance to the lives and cultures of people and communities. These fiestas have their own language, objects, belief systems, and practices. They link Mexico's past and present, its indigenous and European populations, and its local and global relations. This work provides a comprehensive study of two intimately linked patron saint fiestas in the state of Guanajuato, near San Miguel de Allende—the fiesta of the village of Cruz del Palmar and that of the town of San Luis de la Paz. These two fiestas are related to one another in very special ways involving both religious practices and their respective pre-Hispanic origins. A mixture of secular and sacred, patron saint fiestas are multi-day affairs that include many events, ritual specialists, and performers, with the participation of the entire community. Fiestas take place in order to honor the saints, and they are the occasion for religious ceremonies, processions, musical performances, dances, and dance dramas. They feature spectacular costumes, enormous puppets, masked and cross-dressed individuals, dazzling fireworks, rodeos, food stands, competitions, and public dances. By encompassing all of these events and performances, this work displays the essence of Mexico, a lens through which this country's complex history, religion, ethnic mix, traditions, and magic can be viewed. ER -