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Description
Video recording of the Las Posadas celebration at the Padua Hills Theatre. Event includes the Las Posadas Procession, dancing by the Ballet Folklorico Xochiquetzal, the breaking of the pinata, and a Christmas carol sing-along. The celebration features several former Mexican Players including Casilda Amador Thoreson, Erik Thoreson, Celia Garcia, Gilbert Flores, Alicia Flores, and Jose Angle Aguilar, who lead the celebration with song and dance.
Type
moving image
Format
Original Sound Channel1 Mono; Channel2 Mono Color VHS
Form/Genre
Nonfiction films
Extent
1 Tape of 1 00:29:23
Identifier
caclah_000074
Language
English
Subject
Winter Folk dancing, Mexican
Place
Padua Hills Theatre (Claremont, Calif.)
Provenance
Claremont Heritage California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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