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Organization: Cultural Affairs
Committee
Title: Fiestas de Maiz First Annual Celebration of Chicano
Cultural Ceremonies
Date: ca. 1976
Site: Zapata Park Housing Project, Sacramento, CA
Art Center: Royal Chicano Air Force
Comments: "Sacramento ceremonies conceived by community
activists working for the Centro, Breakfast for Niños, Sacramento
Concilio, La Raza Bookstore and MECHA California State University,
Sacramento (CSUS). Its purpose was to fill the ceremonial void in
the Chicano Movement. This ceremonia is to honor the coming of age
of our Chicana youths represented by "Xilonen," a young
tender ear of corn (maiz). The first Xilonen was Maria Maiz."
Gloria Rangel (center) is pictured with the children's group from
the "South" direction. These neighborhood children (many
from the Zapata Park Housing Project) learned a dance that they offered
up during the ceremony. The dance shows the transformation of Maria
Maiz into "Xilonen."
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Organization: Danza Quetzalcoatl
Title: Ceremonia para Tonanzín en el Día Doce
de Diciembre, La Fiesta para la Virgen de Guadalupe
Date: December 1976
Site: La Iglesia "La Virgen de Guadalupe," 7th and T Street,
Sacramento, CA
Art Center: Royal Chicano Air Force
Comments: "As we became more familiar with our indigenous ceremonies,
we began to honor them. The ceremonia for the Virgen is one of the
most important and concludes the ceremonial cycle for the year." Children
from Danza Quetzalcoatl dance in front of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
in honor of the Virgen's feast day.
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