3 de mayo
- Title:
- 3 de mayo
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Santa Cruz ritual series
- Date:
- 1967
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- ISB_00231
- File Name:
- ISB_00231.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Santa Cruz (Ritual)
Varayoq
Civil-religious hierarchies
Prestige hierarchies
Festivals
Rites & ceremonies
Plazas
Politics & government
Civil service - Image View Description:
- View of 3 de mayo
- Description:
- The feast of the crosses harvest festival. The upper and lower barrio varayoq are facing each other with the large crosses from each of their territories. Women encircle them with their household crosses. The crosses are decorated with the products of each of the productive zones.
- Bibliography:
- Isbell, Billie Jean. To Defend Ourselves: Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village. Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland Press, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2135 6.3
To Defend Ourselves, Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village, by Billie Jean Isbell. Waveland Press, 1985, chapter 6, section 3: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2135
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection, Images from the Andes: Collection Highlights: Rituals: http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/collection/Isbell/rituals - Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Series:
- Santa Cruz ritual series : 07
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship, and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including websites), exhibitions or broadcasts, without permission.