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Title: Fiesta De Santo Tomás In Chichicastenango
Date: 1981-12-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Local K'iche Maya residents reenact the Spanish conquest of the Americas at an event during the Fiesta de Santo Tomás, Chichicastenango, Guatemala, December 20, 1981. The seven day festival is a syncretism of Catholic traditions, honoring the city's patron saint Thomas, and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Maya peoples; Indigenous peoples; Syncretism; Tradition; Ritual
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0018_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96741
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Fiesta de Santo Tomás In Chichicastenango
Date: 1981-12-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Local K'iche Maya residents reenact the Spanish conquest of the Americas at an event during the Fiesta de Santo Tomás, Chichicastenango, Guatemala, December 20, 1981. The seven day festival is a syncretism of Catholic traditions, honoring the city's patron saint Thomas, and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Maya peoples; Indigenous peoples; Syncretism; Tradition; Ritual
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0008_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96857
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Fiesta de Santo Tomás In Chichicastenango
Date: 1981-12-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Local K'iche Maya residents reenact the Spanish conquest of the Americas at an event during the Fiesta de Santo Tomás, Chichicastenango, Guatemala, December 20, 1981. The seven day festival is a syncretism of Catholic traditions, honoring the city's patron saint Thomas, and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Maya peoples; Indigenous peoples; Syncretism; Tradition; Ritual
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0009_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96858
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Fiesta de Santo Tomás In Chichicastenango
Date: 1981-12-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Local K'iche Maya residents reenact the Spanish conquest of the Americas at an event during the Fiesta de Santo Tomás, Chichicastenango, Guatemala, December 20, 1981. The seven day festival is a syncretism of Catholic traditions, honoring the city's patron saint Thomas, and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Maya peoples; Indigenous peoples; Syncretism; Tradition; Ritual
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0010_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96859
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Fiesta de Santo Tomás In Chichicastenango
Date: 1981-12-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Local K'iche Maya residents reenact the Spanish conquest of the Americas at an event during the Fiesta de Santo Tomás, Chichicastenango, Guatemala, December 20, 1981. The seven day festival is a syncretism of Catholic traditions, honoring the city's patron saint Thomas, and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Maya peoples; Indigenous peoples; Syncretism; Tradition; Ritual
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0027_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96750
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Fiesta de Santo Tomás In Chichicastenango
Date: 1981-12-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Local K'iche Maya residents reenact the Spanish conquest of the Americas at an event during the Fiesta de Santo Tomás, Chichicastenango, Guatemala, December 20, 1981. The seven day festival is a syncretism of Catholic traditions, honoring the city's patron saint Thomas, and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Maya peoples; Indigenous peoples; Syncretism; Tradition; Ritual
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0028_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96751
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Fiesta de Santo Tomás In Chichicastenango
Date: 1981-12-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Local K'iche Maya residents reenact the Spanish conquest of the Americas at an event during the Fiesta de Santo Tomás, Chichicastenango, Guatemala, December 20, 1981. The seven day festival is a syncretism of Catholic traditions, honoring the city's patron saint Thomas, and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Maya peoples; Indigenous peoples; Syncretism; Tradition; Ritual
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0029_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96752
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Guatemalan Army Checkpoint Along Pan American Highway
Date: 1982-03-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Army soldiers check the identity cards of bus passengers along the Pan American Highway to Chichicastenango, Guatemala, March 1, 1982. In 1981 the Lucas García military regime and the Guatemalan army initiated a brutal counterinsurgency program of scorched earth tactics to consolidate control over civilians and counteract the influence of the guerrilla insurgency. The genocidal policies enacted by Lucas García and later by Ríos Montt were also intended to eradicate the culture and identity of the indigenous population.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Daily life; Military; Counterinsurgency; Scorched Earth; Fernando Romeo Lucas García
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0049_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96774
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Guatemalan Army Checkpoint Along Pan American Highway
Date: 1982-03-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Army soldiers check the identity cards of bus passengers along the Pan American Highway to Chichicastenango, Guatemala, March 1, 1982. In 1981 the Lucas García military regime and the Guatemalan army initiated a brutal counterinsurgency program of scorched earth tactics to consolidate control over civilians and counteract the influence of the guerrilla insurgency. The genocidal policies enacted by Lucas García and later by Ríos Montt were also intended to eradicate the culture and identity of the indigenous population.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Daily life; Military; Counterinsurgency; Scorched Earth; Fernando Romeo Lucas García
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0050_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96775
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Religious Festival In Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Date: 1982-05-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Indigenous Maya men and women kneel in prayer during a traditional Roman Catholic ceremony in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, May 1, 1982. Catholicism was introduced to Guatemala during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the following centuries, forced conversion and other methods to indoctrinate indigenous communities throughout the country into the Roman Catholic Church produced a syncretism of Catholicism and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Syncretism
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0062_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96911
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Religious Festival In Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Date: 1982-05-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An indigenous Maya man dressed as Spanish conquistador with a horse's head participates in a religious procession in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, May 1, 1982. Catholicism was introduced to Guatemala during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the following centuries, forced conversion and other methods to indoctrinate indigenous communities throughout the country into the Roman Catholic Church produced a syncretism of Catholicism and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Syncretism
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0063_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96912
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Religious Festival In Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Date: 1982-05-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A group of indigenous Maya men and women stand in front of a Roman Catholic church as they await the start of a religious procession in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, May 1, 1982. Catholicism was introduced to Guatemala during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the following centuries, forced conversion and other methods to indoctrinate indigenous communities throughout the country into the Roman Catholic Church produced a syncretism of Catholicism and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Syncretism
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0064_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96913
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Religious Festival In Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Date: 1982-05-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An indigenous Maya man dressed as Spanish conquistador with a horse's head participates in a religious procession in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, May 1, 1982. Catholicism was introduced to Guatemala during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the following centuries, forced conversion and other methods to indoctrinate indigenous communities throughout the country into the Roman Catholic Church produced a syncretism of Catholicism and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Syncretism
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0066_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96915
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Religious Festival In Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Date: 1982-05-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An indigenous Maya woman kneels in prayer during a traditional Roman Catholic mass in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, May 1, 1982. Catholicism was introduced to Guatemala during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the following centuries, forced conversion and other methods to indoctrinate indigenous communities throughout the country into the Roman Catholic Church produced a syncretism of Catholicism and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Syncretism
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0065_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96914
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

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