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- 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
- 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