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The 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Sights and Sounds of

Río Grande/Río Bravo Basin
Fiesta Celebration
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fiesta procession
Fiesta leader Charles Aquilar(rear, right), along with other participants, head the fiesta procession through the Río Grande/Río Bravo Festival community.
Photo by John Loggins

fiesta mayordomo
Fiesta Mayordomo Rita Morales Alvarez(left) and fiesta leader Charles Aquilar(right) oversee the blessing of the acequia.
Photo by Lee Bickerstaff

girls with flowers
Young girls throw flower pedals into the acequia (irrigation ditch) as part of the fiesta ceremony blessing San Ysidro.
Photo by John Loggins