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Show aamsi.)"" iiniiwmmny.y m,KH I FIESTA GARB . . . Descendants of Spanish Con-fcjttuurr Con-fcjttuurr and Pueblo Indians will stage a re-, i .,, iment n( theii i-'sWp,..!.. treatj as a highlight of the Santa he Kiesta. Colorful "..,. like those worn by the Pueblo Indians (above), will add a i-jKidiT l the past to fiesta time. Eese united states Koric Fiesta Commemorates flonquest of Old Santa Fe m WNU Features. "MANIA FE, N. M. -"Hasta la Fiesta!" That old Spanish Uinj; resounds through the streets of Old Santa Fe as ffHniti"!o near completion for the 235th annual edition of Motoric Santa Fe Fiesta. Descendants of Spanish Con-IfaRdorcs Con-IfaRdorcs and Pueblo Indians once again will join together K four-dav Labor Day fiesta, opening August 29 and con- ! through September 1, by i reenactment of their final eaty drawn up in 1692. ca's oldest community festl-Santa festl-Santa Fe Fiesta, commemo-e commemo-e reconquest of the south-itory south-itory and especially of San-he San-he former Spanish capital, Don Diego de Vargas in 1692. The reconquest came after the Indian uprising all Spanish persons north irder fled back into Mexico ity years later, In 1712, is de la Penuela, gover-d gover-d captain general of the lexico territory, decreed fiesta should be held an-"for an-"for all time to come" in if the retaking of the City I Fe. Tills was in keep-ritb keep-ritb a vow, made prior to reconquest by General De :as. to hold a fiesta in honor ie Virgin of Guadalupe, annual celebration, prior to HWar II, was one of the out-jBig out-jBig festivals in the country, Hfaousands of tourists coming Hi with local Spanish-Amer-HMexicans, Indians and Anglos Bsians who have settled here B:her states). dH colorful pageantry of the re-'Hest re-'Hest of the city, the covered B days parades, Indian mar-ftlHnd mar-ftlHnd dances, native musicians Bheir folk music and dancing, including, as it will this year, Bportation of a Mariachi band Bhestra from Old Mexico, Con-cores Con-cores Baile or Ball, always intrigued fiesta visitors. B year for the first time since Ball major features have been .Bed in the program and from B .: of Zozobra (a giant 100-IBVdr' 100-IBVdr' of the god of gloom) on By evening, until the last mu- toncert on Monday evening, Aw and the spirit of fiesta will IB supreme. is given over largely to Bjpriate religious activities. B?h.s include a procession to Buret) of high Catholic digni-B digni-B ' high pontifical mass and BjBing candlelight procession In thousands of pilgrims bearing iBc candles wend their way IfBjh 'he streets, with luminarios iBinon fires helping to light their Fe, oldest capital city Br ali"i. will be decked out Btala holiday attire for fiesta '' Gay bunting and colorful ptrs will adorn city streets, many residents will be be-N be-N ' colorful old costumes '"'stem of early Spanish B Indtan days. jBcnfd m mountainous country eievati .i 0f 7,000 feet, Santa B'ds fortii iu cool, invigorating B e as an added lure for fiesta Brs The 'ity and the nearby Bare replete with authentic his-B's his-B's which beckon to many Bts w'ho, l.ke the freighters of B7'alie 'heir last stop at the ter-B ter-B of 'he Santa Fe Trail. |
