Adoring the Saints: Fiestas in Central Mexico

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Adoring the SAintS Adoring the SAintS Fiestas in Central Mexico yolanda lastra, dina sherzer, and joel sherzer university of texas press Austin Copyright © 2009 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2009 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html ♾ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (r1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lastra, Yolanda. Adoring the saints : fiestas in central Mexico / Yolanda Lastra, Dina Sherzer, and Joel Sherzer. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (The William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the western hemisphere) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-292-71980-4 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Fasts and feasts—Mexico—San Luis de la Paz. 2. Fasts and feasts— Mexico—San Miguel de Allende. 3. Christian patron saints—Mexico— San Luis de la Paz. 4. Christian patron saints—Mexico—San Miguel de Allende. 5. Louis IX, King of France, 1214–1270—Cult—Mexico—San Luis de la Paz. 6. Holy Week—Mexico—San Miguel de Allende. 7. Chichimeca-Jonaz Indians—Mexico—San Luis de la Paz—Religion. 8. Chichimeca-Jonaz Indians—Mexico—San Luis de la Paz—Social life and customs. 9. Otomi Indians—Mexico—San Miguel de Allende— Religion. 10. Otomi Indians—Mexico—San Miguel de Allende—Social life and customs. 11. San Luis de la Paz (Mexico)—Religious life and customs. 12. San Miguel de Allende (Mexico)—Religious life and customs. I. Sherzer, Dina. II. Sherzer, Joel. III. Title. bx1428.3.l37 2009 263′.98097241—dc22 2009006975 ...