Santiago, Etc.
Category: Travelogue
Length: 19:31
| Film ID | F16-0518 |
| Film Description | Unedited ethnographic footage Tourists Easter festival Atitlan Santiago Chichicastenango (?) village life Segments Guatemala. Film producer unknown, possibly by John M. Dimick, or Aubrey S. Trik, late 1940s or early 1950s. Santiago Tourists Easter festival: Elaborate procession and reenactment with costumes of Roman soldiers and others. Lake Atitlan Loading pigs on to a boat. Santiago Weaving People carrying large loads up hills. Maya costumes for another festivity, including children as el tigre Market places Huehuetenango Zaculeu, a Maya archaeological site. The dig was originally organized by the United Fruit Company, and carried out by John M.Dimick and others. |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Topics | Guatemala, Tourists, Easter festival, Lake Atitlan, Santiago, Huehuetenango, Village life, Textiles, Marketplaces, Antiquities, Maya antiquities, Maya people, K'iche' people, Quiché people |
| Contributor(s) | Film producer unknown, possibly by John M. Dimick, or Aubrey S. Trik |
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