"Rancho Del Charru"
Category: Travelogue
Length: 48:48
| Film ID | F16-0725 |
| Film Description | Unedited footage Rancho Del Charru (Charro (?)) Texuatepee (?) ShotlistWoman poses in giant floppy sombreroMap of Mexico showing route Women posing for Wright Vaqueros (cowboys) and ladies, some wearing traditional regional dress, others in American 1940s dresses. Dance performance in the bullfighting ring. Baboon in zoo Sign: Acapulco, Pie de la Questa [Cuesta] (a beach) Waterfront, boats Man holding a catch [?] Villages along an estuary Fishing Title: Native dances Costumed "Aztec" tourism dance Sign: The isthmus of Tehantepec [Tehuantepec] Map with route Sign: Salina Cruz [Oaxaca] Town Marimba band Dancing, ladies in traditional dress Town from a train or truck Wright drinking from a coconut Trains in the station, vendors in traditional dress Ladies holding parrots in traditional dress Wright eating a meal with a companion Small town street scenes Washing clothes at the river Small town scenes A festival. Men and women in traditional dress. Marketplace Costumed masquerade dancers, children and adults TITLE: Ixtaltepec: La turada de las [frutas?] [Assuncion?] Assumption procession. Women carrying pots of planted flowers on their heads. Oaxacan traditonal dress Women throwing [sweets?] and boys catching them in front of the cathedral |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Dr. Harry B. Wright |
| Topics | Mexico, Touring, Tourism, Bullfights, Tourism performance, Acapulco, Acapulco de Juarez,Tehuantepec, Salina Cruz, Marketplaces, Processionals, Masquerades, Textiles, Asunción Ixtaltepec |
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